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U.  S.  LIBRARY  OF 
CONGRESS.  DIVISION 
OF  BIBLIOGRAPHY 


THE  UNITED  STAIES  AT 
WAR:  ORGANIZATIONS 
AND  LITERATURE 


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PREFATORY  NOTE. 

This  publication   is  an  attempt   to  furnish   condensed   infor- 
mation   concerning    the    war    activities    of    tlie    United    States. 
It  gives  briefly  the  organization  and  activities  of  the  various 
Vv  bodies,  governmental  and  other,  which  the  war  lias  called  into 

Y^  existence  and  points  the  way  to  fuller   information  where  it 

N.  is  desired.     In   the   Introiiuction   is   given   an   outline   of   the 

^  organization    of    the    Federal    Government.     A    Chronological 

N.  summary  of  the  events  leading  up  to  the  entrance  of  the  United 

States  into  the  war,  followed  by  a  similar  Chronology  of  the 
activities  of  the  United  States  in  the  war  up  to  June  1,  1917, 
is  then  given,  and,  lastly,  a  summary  of  the  miscellaneous 
associations  which  have  perfected  some  sort  of  an  organization. 
^  The  body  of  the  work  consists  of  an  alphabetical  arrange- 

^  ment  of  organizations  and  subjects.     Under  the  names  of  or- 

O^        ganizations  the  lieadquarters  address,  origin,   membei'ship,  or- 
\j  ganization,  functions,  publications,  and  references  to  descriptive 

literature  are   given   where  possil^le.      Under  the  subjects   the 
3*"  work  of  the  various  organizations  is  mentioned  and  reference 

is  made  to  some  of  the  literature.     No  attempt  has  been  made 
h  at  bibliographical  fullness.     The  references  given  are  selected 

'^  from  such  literature  as  has  been  found  useful  in  the  Library 

of  Congress,  with  particular  note  of  Covernment  publications. 
The  material  here  brought  together  has  been  assembled 
during  a  period  of  transition.  As  the  President  expressed  it, 
democracy  is  on  trial,  and  democracy  resiiondod  to  the  tirst 
call  by  proffering  its  services,  as  another  high  official  has  said, 
through  a  perfect  welter  of  organizations.  The  first  task  is 
to  give  all  these  organizations  a  place  in  the  great  machine 
which  is  to  carry  on  the  war.  This  is  being  done  rapidly 
^  through   the   Council   of   National    Defense.      Whatever   state- 

^  ments  are  made  concerning  organizations  and  activities  during 

^  this  period  of  coordination  and  rearrangement  are  subject  to 

instantaneous  change.     Almost  necessarily,  therefore,  have  mis- 
rs,  statements  and  errors  crept  in,  but  no  pains  have  been  spared 

to  make  the  statements  accurate  up  to   June   1.   the  time  of 
going  to  press. 

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4  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS. 

For  information  concerning  subsequent  developments,  see  es- 
pecially the  Official  Bulletin,  published  daily  by  the  Committee 
on  Public  Inforaiation,  10  Jackson  Place,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Sent  free  to  libraries. 

Other  sources  of  information  are  "  Information  "  and  "  Public 
Affairs  Information  Service  Bulletin." 

The  bulk  of  the  work  has  been  done  by  assistants  in  the 
Division  of  Bibliography.  Special  acknowledgments  are  due 
to  Dr.  H.  J.  Harris,  Mr.  William  A.  Slade,  and  Miss  A.  C.  Laws, 
of  the  Library  of  Congress  staff,  and  to  Mr.  Richard  H.  Johns- 
ton, librarian  of  the  Bureau  of  Railway  Economics ;  to  Miss 
C.  R.  Barnett,  librarian  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture ; 
Miss  A.  G.  Cross,  librarian  of  the  Department  of  Commerce; 
and  particularly  to  Mr.  E.  L.  Crawford,  of  the  Council  of  Na- 
tional Defense,  for  his  patience  in  answering  innumerable 
questions. 

H.  H.  B.  Meyee, 

Chief  Bibliographer. 

Hekbeet  Putnam, 

Librarian  of  Congress. 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  1,  1017. 


INTRODUCTION. 


UNITED    STATES    GOVERNMENT    WAR    ORGANIZATION. 

The  war  organization  of  tlie  United  States  Government  given 
below  has  been  reduced  to  its  lowest  terms.  The  war  organiza- 
tion is  necessarily  based  on  the  ordinary  peace  organization,  with 
the  notable  addition  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense  and  its 
Advisory  Commission,  through  which  the  President  has  se- 
cured the  services  of  experts  in  business  organization  and  scien- 
tific and  technical  knowledge. 

It  would  be  easy  to  mention  additional  auxiliary  organizations 
aiding  the  Government,  but  to  do  so  would  be  misleading.  Take, 
for  example,  the  work  of  women.  There  are  thousands  of  organi- 
zations, but  they  are  being  rapidly  coordinated,  and  the  work  is 
being  divided  among  them  through  the  Committee  on  woman's 
defense  work  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.  It  is  the 
same  with  other  spheres  of  activity.  The  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  the  United  States  of  America  is  acting  as  the  Coopera- 
tive committee  on  purchase  of  Army  supplies  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense.  In  finance  the  member  banks  of  the  Federal 
Reserve  System  all  over  the  coiuitry  are  receiving  subscrip- 
tions for  the  liberty  bonds  and  forwarding  them  to  Washington 
through  the  12  Federal  reserve  district  banks. 

Note. — For  details  of  the  organization  and  functions  of  the 
regular  departments  of  the  Government  see  the  Congressional 
Directory.  For  information  concerning  the  newly  formed  bu- 
reaus and  organizations  see  the  paragraphs  corresponding  to 
numbers  within  the  parentheses. 

THE  EXECUTIVE. 

The  President  : 

Council  of  National  Defense.     (35) 

Advisory  commission.     (35) 
Committee  on  Public  Information.     (112) 


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INTERNATIONAL   AFFAIRS. 

State  Department : 

Division  of  Foreign  Information.     (64) 

Neutrality  Board  (ceased  to  exist  May  4,  1917).     (102) 

FINANCE. 

Treasury  Department : 

Bureau  of  War-Risk  Insurance.     (154) 

Division  of  Loans  and  Currency. 

Federal  Farm  Loan  Bureau.     (50) 

Office  of  Treasurer  of  the  United  States. 
Federal  Reserve  Board.     (51) 

MILITARY   AND   NAVAL  AFFAIRS. 

War  Department : 

Three  new  medical  divisions  coordinated  under  one  head 
have  been  created  in  the  Office  of  the  Surgeon  General — 
Division  of  Sanitary  Inspection. 
Division  of  Hospital  Construction. 
Division  of  Medical  Military  Instruction. 
Medical  Training  Camps — 
Fort  Riley,  Kans. 
Fort  Benjamin  Harrison.  Ind. 
Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga. 
Cantonment  construction  under  Col.  I.  W.  Little,  assisted  by 

volunteer  technical  experts. 
Federal  commission  on  training  camp  activities.     (139) 
.Joint  Ai-my  and  Navy  board  on  aircraft. 
Board  to  investigate  the  Government  maniifacture  of  arms, 
etc.     (69) 
Navy  Department : 

Naval  Consulting  Board.     (100) 

Commission  on  Navy  Yard  and  Naval  Stations. 

National  Advisory  Committee  for  Aeronautics. 

RELIEF. 

Governmental : 

American  National  Red  Cross.     (123) 

Red  Cross  War  Council.     (124) 
Auxiliary : 

American  Red  Star  Animal  Relief.     (10) 

War  Relief  Commission.     (153) 


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POSTAL  AFFAIRS. 
Post  Office.     (107) 

COMMERCE  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

Commerce  Department. 
Federal  Trade  Commission. 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 
United  States  Shipping  Board.     (130) 

Emergency  Fleet  Corporation.     (42) 

Board  of  survey  for  interned  German  vessels  in  New  Y()rl< 
Harbor. 
Auxiliary : 

Special  Committee  on  National   Defense  of  the  American 
Railway  Association.     (116) 

INTERNAL   AFFAIRS. 

Interior  Department : 

Section  of  geology  of  iron  and  steel  alloy  metals    (under 
Geological  Survey). 
Agriculture  Department:    (4) 
Special  war  bureaus — 

Two  new  assistant  secretaries  appointed — 
.    Dr.  B.  T.  Galloway  to  act  as  representative  of  the 
department  in  matters  connected  with  the  Coun- 
cil of  National  Defense. 
Dr.   R.   A.   Pearson  to  keep   in   touch  with   State 
boards  of  food  production  and  conservation. 
Committee  on  seed  stock. 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry — 
Has  two  new  divisions : 

Tuberculosis  eradication  division. 
Tick  eradication  division. 
Joint  Labor  Committee  of  the  Departments  of  Agriculture 
and  Labor.     (47) 
Labor  Department: 

Joint  Labor  Committee  of  the  Departments  of  Agriculture 

and  Labor.     (47) 
United    States    Employment    Service    to    enroll    and    place 
workers. 

Special  agent  in  charge  of  mobilizing  ship  workers. 
Justice  Department. 


I.  CHRONOLOGY  OF  EVENTS  LEADING  UP  TO  ENTRY 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  INTO  THE  WAR  WITH  GER- 
MANY. 

1914. 

August  4.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  States 
of  neutrality  of  the  United  States. 

November  13.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United 
States  of  neutrality  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

1915. 

January  20.  American  neutrality  explained  and  defended  by 
Secretary  of  State  Bryan. 

January  28.  American  merchantman  William  P.  Frye  sunk 
by  German  cruiser  Prinz  JEitel  Friedrich. 

February  4.  Germany's  proclamation  of  "  war  zone  "  around 
the  British  Isles  after  February  18. 

February  10.  United  States  note  holding  German  Government 
to  a  "  strict  accountability  "  if  any  merchant  vessel  of  the  United 
States  is  destroyed  or  any  American  citizens  lose  their  lives. 

February  16.  Germany's  reply  stating  "  vpar-zone  "  act  is  an 
act  of  self-defense  against  illegal  methods  employed  by  Great 
Britain  in  preventing  commerce  between  Germany  and  neutral 
countries ;  disclaims  all  responsibility  for  such  accidents  and 
their  consequences. 

February  20.  United  States  sends  identic  note  to  Great  Britain 
and  Germany  suggesting  an  agreement  between  these  two  pow- 
ers respecting  the  conduct  of  naval  warfare. 

February  28.  Germany's  reply  to  identic  note. 

March  28.  British  steamship  Falaba  attacked  by  submarine 
and  sunk ;  111  lives  lost ;  1  American. 

April  8.  Steamer  Harpalyce,  in  service  of  American  commis- 
sion for  aid  of  Belgium,  torpedoed  ;  15  lives  lost. 

April  22.  German  Embassy  publishes  a  warning  against  em- 
barkation on  vessels  belonging  to  Great  Britain. 

April  28.  American  vessel  dishing  attacked  by  German  aero- 
plane. 

May  1.  American  steamship  Gulflight  sunk  by  German  sub- 
marine ;  two  Americans  lost. 
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UNITED   STATES  AT   WAK.  9 

May  7.  Cunard  Line  steamship  Luisitania  sunli  by  German 
submarine;  1,198  lives  lost,  124  being  Americans. 

May  9.  Germany's  note  in  regard  to  treatment  of  neutral  ves- 
sels in  war  zone. 

May  10.  Message  of  sympathy  from  Germany  on  loss  of  Amer- 
ican lives  by  sinking  of  Lusitania. 

May  13.  American  note  protesting  against  submarine  policy 
culminating  in  the  sinking  of  the  Lusitania;  expects  Germany  to 
disavow  such  acts  and  declares  United  States  Avill  not  be  ex- 
pected to  "  omit  any  word  or  any  act "  necessary  to  maintain 
the  rights  of  its  citizens. 

May  25.  American  steamship  Nebraskan  attacked  by  sub- 
marine. 

May  28.  Germany's  answer  to  note  of  May  13  on  the  subject 
of  the  impairment  of  American  interests  by  German  submarine 
war. 

June  1.  Supplementary  note  from  Germany  in  regard  to  the 
Gulflight  and  Gushing. 

June  8.  Resignation  of  William  J.  Bryan,  Secretary  of  State. 

June  9.  United  States  sends  second  note  on  Lusitania  case. 

July  8.  Germany  sends  reply  to  note  of  June  9,  and  pledges 
safety  to  United  States  vessels  in  war  zone  under  specified  con- 
ditions. 

July  9.  English  passenger  steamer  Orduna  attacketl  without 
warning  by  a  German  submarine ;  not  hit. 

July  15.  Germany  sends  memorandum  acknowledging  sub- 
marine attack  on  Nebraskan,  and  expresses  regret. 

July  21.  Third  American  note  on  Lusitania  case  declares 
Germany's  communication  of  July  8  "  very  unsatisfactory." 

July  25.  American  steamship  Leelanaw  sunk  by  submarine; 
carrying  contraband ;  no  lives  lost. 

August  19.  White  Star  liner  Arabic  sunk  by  submarine;  16 
victims,  2  Americans. 

August  24.  German  ambassador  sends  note  in  regard  to 
Arabic.  Loss  of  American  lives  contrary  to  intention  of  the 
German  Government  and  is  deeply  regretted. 

September  1.  Letter  from  Ambassador  von  Bernstorlf  to  Sec- 
retary Lansing  giving  assurance  that  German  submarines  will 
sink  no  more  liners  without  warning. 

September  4.  Allan  liner  Hesperian  sunk  by  German  sub- 
marine ;  26  lives  lost,  1  American. 

September  7.  German  Government  sends  report  on  the  sink- 
ing of  the  Arabic. 

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September  14.  United  States  sends  svimmary  of  evidence  in 
regard  to  Arabic. 

October  5.  German  Government  regrets  and  disavovi's  sinking 
of  Arabic  and  is  prepared  to  pay  indemnities;  orders  issued  to 
German  submarine  commanders  are  so  stringent  tbat  a  similar 
incident  is  out  of  tlie  question. 

October  20.  German  note  on  the  evidence  in  the  Arabic  case. 

December  4.  United  States  Government  demands  recall  of  Capt. 
Karl  Boy -Ed,  naval  attache,  and  Capt.  Franz  von  Papen,  mill-, 
tary  attache,  of  the  German  Embassy,  for  "  Improper  activities 
in  naval  and  military  matters." 

December  10.  United  States  Government  renews  demands  of 
recalls  and  urges  immediate  action. 

December  10.  German  ambassador  informs  Secretary  of  State 
that  the  Emperor  has  been  pleased  to  recall  Boy-Ed  and  Von , 
Papen. 

December  30.  British  passenger  steamer  Persia  sunk  in  Med- 
iterranean, presumably  by  submarine. 

1916. 

January  7.  German  Embassy  issues  a  memorandum  stating 
submarines  in  Mediterranean  have  received  orders  to  conform, 
to  general  principles  of  international  law. 

January  18.  United  States  Government  addresses  informal 
and  confidential  notes  to  diplomatic  representatives  of  allies 
setting  forth  a  declaration  of  principles  regarding  submarine 
attacks  and  asking  whether  the  Governments  would  subscribe 
to  such  an  agreement. 

February  10.  Germany  sends  memorandum  to  neutral  powers 
that  armed  merchant  vessels  will  be  treated  as  warships  and 
will  be  sunk  without  warning.  Asks  neutral  powers  to  warn 
their  citizens  not  to  intrust  their  lives  or  property  on  such 
vessels. 

February  15.  Secretary  Lansing  makes  statement  that  by  in- 
ternational law  commercial  vessels  have  right  to  carry  arms  in 
self-defense. 

February  16.  Germany  sends  note  acknowledging  her  liability 
in  the  Lusitania  affair. 

February  24.  President  Wilson  replies  to  letter  (February  24) 
of  Mr.  Stone,  chairman  of  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations, 
Senate,  in  which  he  refuses  to  advise  American  citizens  not  to 
travel  on  armed  merchant  ships  because  this  would  renounce 
the  inalienable  rights  of  American  citizens. 


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March  8.  German  ambassador  communicates  memorandum  re- 
garding U-boat  question,  stating  it  is  a  new  weapon  not  yet 
regulated  by  international  law, 

March  23.  Diplomatic  response  of  allies  declining  to  accept 
proposals  contained  in  Secretary  Lansing's  note  of  January  18. 

March  24.  French  steamer  Sussex  is  torpedoed  without  warn- 
ing; about  80  passengers,  including  American  citizens,  are 
killed  or  wounded. 

March  2,5.  Department  of  State  issues  memorandum  prepared 
by  direction  of  President  in  regard  to  status  of  armed  merchant 
vessels  in  neutral  ports  and  on  the  high  seas. 

March  27,  28,  29.  United  States  Government  instructs  Amer- 
ican ambassador  in  Berlin  to  inquire  into  sinking  of  Sussex 
and  other  vessels. 

April  10.  German  Government  replies  to  United  States  notes 
of  March  27,  28,  29,  on  the  sinking  of  Sussex  and  other  vessels. 

April  18.  United  States  delivers  what  is  considered  an  ulti- 
matum, that  unless  Germany  abandons  present  methods  of  sub- 
marine warfare  United  States  will  sever  diplomatic  relations. 

May  4.  Reply  of  Germany  acknowledges  sinking  of  the  Sussex 
and  in  the  main  meets  demands  of  United  States,  announcing  new 
orders  issued  to  its  naval  forces,  but  continues  it  would  expect 
the  United  States  to  demand  and  insist  that  Great  Britain  ob- 
serve the  rules  of  international  law. 

May  8.  United  States  Government  accepts  Germaii  position 
as  outlined  in  note  of  May  4,  but  makes  it  clear  that  the  fulfill- 
ment of  these  conditions  can  not  depend  \ipon  the  negotiations 
betw^een  the  United  States  and  any  other  belligerent  Government. 

October  8.  German  submarine  appears  off  American  coast  and 
sinks  British  passenger  steamer  Stephnno. 

October  28.  British  steamer  Marina  sunk  without  warning,  six 
Americans  lost. 

November  6.  British  liner  Arabia  torpedoed  and  sunk  without 
warning  in  Mediterranean. 

December  12.  Germany  and  her  allies  offer  to  enter  into  peace 
negotiations. 

December  14.  British  horse  transport  ship  Russian  sunk  in 
Mediterranean  by  submarine,  17  Americans  lost. 

December  16.  President  Wilson  transmits  German  peace  note 
of  December  12  to  entente  powers. 

December  18.  President  Wilson's  peace  note  sent  to  belligerent 
powers. 

December  26.  Germany  replies  to  President  Wilson's  peace 
note. 


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December  30.  Reply  of  the  entente  allies  to  the  central  powers' 
note  of  December  12. 

1917. 

January  10.  Entente  powers  reply  to  President  Wilson's  note 
of  December  18. 

January  22.  President  Wilson  addresses  the  Senate,  giving  his 
Ideas  of  steps  necessary  for  world  peace.  "  Peace  without  vic- 
tory." 

January  31.  Germany's  note  announcing  her  intention  of  ruth- 
less use  of  submarine,  outlining  barred  zones  and  prescribing 
conditions  for  American  vessels. 

February  3.  President  Wilson  addresses  joint  session  of  Con- 
gress on  the  German  submarine  order  and  announces  the  break- 
ing of  diplomatic  relations  with  Germany. 

February  3.  Dismissal  of  German  ambassador. 

February  3.  American  steamship  Hotisatonic  torpedoed  and 
sunk  by  submarine  after  warning. 

February  4.  President  Wilson  notifying  neutrals  of  break 
with  Germany ;  hopes  they  "  can  find  it  possible  to  take  similar 
action." 

February  7.  Senate  indorses  President  Wilson's  position  in 
severing  diplomatic  relations. 

February  10.  American  Ambassador  James  W.  Gerard  leaves 
Germany. 

February  13.  American  schooner  Lyman  M.  Law  torpedoed  in 
the  IVIediterranean,  presumably  by  Austrian  submarine. 

February  14.  German  Ambassador  von  Bernstorff  sails  from 
New  York. 

February  24.  Cunard  liner  Laconia  torpedoed  and  sunk  with- 
out warning ;  12  persons,  including  2  American  women,  lose  their 
lives. 

February  26.  President  Wilson  addresses  joint  session  of  Con- 
gress, recommending  "  armed  neutrality." 

February  28.  Associated  Press  makes  public  a  proposed  alli- 
ance between  Germany  and  Mexico  in  the  event  of  war  between 
United  States  and  Germany. 

March  1.  Resolution  introduced  in  the  Senate  relating  to  the 
authenticity  of  the  "  Zimmermann  "  letter. 

March  2.  Authenticity  of  the  note  signed  "  Zimmermann  "  at- 
tested by  President  Wilson  and  Secretary  of  State  Lansing. 

March  9.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
calling  an  extra  session  of  Congress  on  April  16.  1917. 


UNITED  STATES  AT   WAB.  13 

March  12.  United  States  gives  formal  notice  that  it  has  de- 
cided to  place  an  armed  guard  on  all  American  merchant  vessels 
sailing  through  barred  zone.  American  steamship  Algonquin 
sunk  without  warning  by  German  submarine. 

March  16.  American  steamship  Vifjilnncia  sunk  without  warn- 
ing by  German  submarine ;  five  Americans  lost. 

March  17.  American  tanker  Illinois  sunk  by  German  sub- 
marine. American  freighter  City  of  Memphis  sunk  by  German 
submarine  ;  eight  lives  lost. 

March  21.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  State.s. 
calling  an  extra  session  of  Congress  on  April  2,  1917.  American 
steamship  Hcaldton  sunk  in  safety  zone  without  warning;  21 
persons  lost,  7  being  Americans. 

March  24.  United  States  orders  withdrawal  from  Belgium  of 
Minister  Brand  Whitlock  and  members  of  American  Relief  Com- 
mission. 

March  26.  United  States  refuses  Germany's  proposals  to  inter- 
pret and  supplement  the  Prussian  treaty  of  1799. 

April  1.  American  steamer  Aztec  (armed)  sunk  without 
warning. 

April  2.  President  Wilson  addresses  joint  session  of  Congress 
on  the  existence  of  a  state  of  war. 

April  3.  Executive  order  (No.  2571)  constituting  the  Public 
Health  Service  a  part  of  the  military  forces  of  the  United 
States. 

April  5.  Executive  order  (No.  2584)  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States  establishing  defensive  sea  areas  and  regulations 
for  carrying  this  order  into  effect. 

April  5.  American  steamer  Missourian  (unarmed)  torpedoed 
and  sunk  without  warning.  • 

April  6.  Resolution  of  Sixty-fifth  Congress,  first  session,  de- 
claring that  a  state  of  war  exists  passed  and  signinl  by  the 
President. 

April  6.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
declaring  war  and  defining  the  status  of  alien  enemies. 


2.  CHRONOLOGY    OF   EVENTS    OF   THE   WAR. 
1917. 

April  6.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  States 
declaring  war  and  defining  the  status  of  alien  enemies.  Proc- 
lamation by  the  President  of  the  United  States  relating  to 
agencies  in  the  United  States  of  German  insurance  companies. 
Executive  order  (No.  2585)  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States  taking  over  radio  stations  needed  for  naval  communi- 
cations and  closing  all  other  stations.  Seizure  of  all  German 
ships  interned  in  American  ports. 

April  7.  Executive  order  (No.  2587)  directing  that  the  Coast 
Guard  operate  as  a  part  of  the  Navy. 

April  9.  Austria  severs  diplomatic  relations  with  the  United 
States. 

April  10-11.  Conference  of  the  agricultural  representatives  of 
32  States  met  with  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  in  St.  Louis. 

April  11.  American  steamer  Seicard  torpedoed  and  sunk  with- 
out warning  in  Mediterranean  by  German  submarine. 

April  13.  Executive  order  (No.  2594)  creating  a  Committee  on 
Public  Information. 

April  14.  Executive  order  (No.  2597)  establishing  additional 
defensive  sea  areas. 

April  15.  President  Wilson  addresses  an  appeal  to  the  Amer- 
ican people  calling  upon  all  to  do  their  part  in  the  war,  and 
pointing  out  the  partf  each  can  take. 

April  16.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  States 
relating  to  treason  and  misprision  of  treason. 

April  17.  Congress  passed  general  deficiency  bill,  which  con- 
tained an  emergency  fund  of  $100,000,000  to  be  used  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  President  for  war  purposes. 

April  19.  Gunners  on  American  Line's  steamship  Mongolia 
fired  on  German  submarine  and  probably  destroyed  it. 

April  21.  British  commission  to  international  war  conference, 
headed  by  Arthur  J.  Balfour,  British  foreign  secretary,  reaches 
America.    Last  call  for  aliens  to  surrender  arms. 

April  22.  British  commission  arrives  in  Washington. 

April  24.  Congress  authorizes  an  issue  of  bonds  ($7,000,000,- 
000)  to  meet  expenditures  for  the  national  security  and  defense. 
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UNITED   STATES   AT   WAE.  15 

April  25.  French  commission  to  international  war  conference, 
headed  by  Viviani  and  Joffre,  arrives  in  Washington.  Loan  of 
$200,000,000  made  to  Great  Britain. 

April  28.  Congress  votes  for  conscription.  Executive  order 
(No.  2604)  relating  to  censorship  of  submarine  cables,  telegraph, 
and  telephone  lines. 

April  29.  British  and  French  commissions  pay  tribute  at  the 
tomb  of  Washington,  at  Mount  Vernon. 

April  30.  American  oil-carrying  steamship  Vacuum  torpedoed 
and  sunk,  31  Americans  lost. 

May  2.  Conference  of  governors  and  representatives  of  State 
councils  of  national  defense  met  in  Washington.  Loan  of  $100,- 
000,000  made  to  Italy. 

May  3.  Marshal  Joffre  and  M.  Viviani  leave  Washington  for  a 
tour  in  the  Middle  West. 

May  4.  Count  Tarnowski,  Austrian  ambassador,  leaves  the 
United  States. 

May  5.  Conference  of  presidents  and  representatives  of  col- 
leges and  universities  held  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

May  8.  Loan  of  $100,000,000  made  to  France. 

May  9.  Belgium  and  France  get  joint  loan  of  $75,000,000  to 
buy  food. 

May  9.  Railroad  comnii.ssion  to  Russian  Government  left 
Washington.  United  States  buys  interned  Austrian  vessels  for 
$6,778,000. 

May  10.  First  issue  of  the  Official  Bulletin,  published  daily 
by  Committee  on  Public  Information.  Red  Cross  war  council 
created  by  the  President  of  the  United  States. 

May  11.  Allies  adopt  a  united  buying  s<.'heme  in  the  United 
States,  in  charge  of  a  commission  under  governmental  super- 
vision. General  munitions  board  of  Council  of  National  Defense 
appointed. 

May  12.  Members  of  special  diplomatic  mission  of  the  United 
States  to  Russia  announced  by  Department  of  State.  Red  Cross 
Building  dedicated. 

May  14.  American  mission  to  Russia  receives  final  instruc- 
tions from  the  President.  Campaign  to  sell  liberty-loan  bonds 
is  begun  by  Treasury  Department.  Minister  Enrico  Arlotta. 
member  of  Italian  war  commission,  arrives  in  Washington. 
Great  Britain  receives  $2."').000,000  installment  on  loan,  luaking 
$75,000,000  of  $100,000,000  agreed  to  be  loaned  to  Great  Britain 
for  purchases  during  May.  Secretary  of  Treasury  invites  sub- 
scriptions for  $2,000,000,000  of  the  bond  issue  authorized  by 
Congress  April  24. 


16  LIBRARY   OF    CONGRESS. 

May  15.  President  Wilson's  address  to  labor  leaders,  called 
together  by  Samuel  Gompers,  chairman  of  the  commission  on 
labor,  advisory  commission.  Council  of  National  Defense,  to 
meet  English  representatives  of  labor  and  welfare  work. 
Fi'ench  war  connnission  leaves  United  States  for  France. 

May  16.  American  destroyers  reach  British  waters.  United 
States  Government  extends  credit  of  $100,000,000  to  Russia. 
Woman's  liberty-loan  committee  organized.  Secretary  McAdoo 
leaves  Washington  for  tour  of  the  West  in  interest  of  the  lib- 
erty loan. 

May  17.  Secretary  of  War  announces  first  draft  call  for 
troops  will  not  be  made  until  about  September  1.  Army  bill 
passed  by  Congress,  authorizing  increase  of  Regular  Army  to 
maximum  war  strength,  drafting  into  Federal  service  the  Na- 
tional Guard  imits.  conscription  of  500,000  men  between  ages  of 
21  and  30,  inclusive,  four  divisions  of  volunteer  infantry  (Roose- 
velt amendment). 

May  18.  President  signs  the  selective-draft  bill ;  declines  to 
give  Roosevelt  his  division  to  France.  Proclamation  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  fixing  June  5  as  the  day  for 
Army  registration.  The  President  has  directed  an  expedition- 
ary force,  under  command  of  Gen.  John  .J.  Pershing,  to  proceed 
to  France  at  as  early  a  date  as  practicable.  Treasury  Depart- 
ment announces  issue  of  $200,000,000  more  certificates  of  in- 
debtedness. 

May  19.  Announced  that  the  President  would  appoint  Herbert 
O.  Hoover  food  administrator  for  the  duration  of  the  war. 
Regiment  of  marines  to  be  sent  to  France. 

May  20.  Two  American  nurses  killed,  one  injured,  by  defec- 
tive shell  on  American  steamship  Mongolia,  bound  for  France. 
Pension  Bureau  designates  the  present  war  as  "  The  War  of 
1917." 

May  21.  Italian  war  commission,  headed  by  Prince  Ferdi- 
nando  di  Savoja,  of  Udine,  lands  in  the  United  States. 

May  22.  President  signs  naval  bill,  increasing  personnel  to 
150,000  men  and  the  Marine  Corps  to  30,000. 

May  23.  Italy's  war  commission  arrives  in  Washington. 
House  passes  the  $1,800,000,000  war-revenue  measure.  Secre- 
tary Lansing  refuses  issue  of  passports  to  Socialists  to  attend 
the  Stockholm  conference,  the  official  view  being  that  the  con- 
ference is  a  German  plot. 

May  23.  Proclamation  by  the  President  of  the  United  States 
declaring  the  rules  and  regulations,  management,  and  protec- 
tion of  Panama  Canal  and  maintenance  of  its  neutrality. 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR.  17 

May  24.  Trejisury  amioiiiictN  .$2()().()()0,(KtU  ll]  per  t-enr  c-er- 
tificates  of  indebtedness  haw  l)eon  ()versnl)s<ril)e(l  50  [ter  cent. 

May  20.  rro<-Ianiation  by  President  of  the  United  States 
proclaiming  the  \\eel<  of  June  25  as  Red  Cross  \veel<.  and  calls 
lor  sul).'<criptions.  (!reat  Britain  obtains  jinotlier  loan  of 
$75,000,000.  Proclamation  l)y  the  President  of  the  United 
States  warning  against  evasion  of  registration,  published  June 
1.  State  Department  in  again  refusing  to  issue  passports  for 
Socialists  to  attend  the  Stockliolm  conference  made  it  known 
that  one  of  the  peace  terms  of  this  comitry  is  going  to  be  the 
restoration  of  Belgium. 

May  27.  Attorney  (xeneral  ({regory  annoiuu-es  that  jier.sons 
who  interfere  with  the  registration  .lune  5  are  to  be  pro.secuted 
to  the  limit  of  the  law.  Connnittee  on  pul)iic  information  i.ssues 
censm-ship  rules.  Secretary  McAdoo  returns  from  western 
tour.  He  denies  that  Liberty  Loan  has  l)een  oversul)Scril)ed,  and 
warns  against  too  much  optimism.  Prince  of  Udine  and  others 
of  the  Italian  mission  visit  Mount  Vernon,  where  the  prince 
lays  a  Roman  hero's  wreath  on  the  tomb. 

May  28.  War  Department  officials  hurry  plans  for  the  draft ; 
Gen.  Crowder  indicates  that  jury  wheels  will  be  used  to  select 
the  500,000  men  for  the  Army. 

May  29.  Secretary  Daniels  issues  report  declaring  that  the 
killing  of  the  nurses  on  the  Mongolia  was  an  imavoitlable  acci- 
dent. Department  of  Justice  informed  of  suspicion  that  Ger- 
man agents  are  behind  Nation-wide  registration  disorders, 
issues  instructions  to  United  States  officials  to  crush  such  ac- 
tivities. Secretary  Daniels  gives  out  Admiral  Sims's  letter 
saying  Berlin  papers  printed  stories  of  United  States  destroy ei's 
going  to  England  four  days  l)efore  they  arrived. 

May  80.  President  Wilson  in  Memorial  Day  address  at  Arling- 
ton says  that  the  soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  created  the  instru- 
ment for  liberty  which  is  to-day  being  used  to  crush  German 
autocracy.     French  scientific  mission  arrives  in  Washington. 

May  31.  Department  of  Justice  makes  numerous  arrests  on 
charges  of  treason  in  antidraft  activity.     Three  American  sail- 
ing vessels.  Franccn  M..  JUnhtira.  and   Diiiiio.  sunk  by  German 
submarines;  one  life  lost. 
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3.  AUXILIARY    AND    VOLUNTEER    ORGANIZATIONS. 

The  following  presentation  does  not  profess  to  be  complete  or 
accurate,  but  represents  the  best  information  available  to  June 
1,  1917. 

Aero  Science  Club  of  America,  29  West  Thirty-ninth  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Ambulance  Chirurgical  Mobile  No.  1.  Directoi-,  Mrs.  Borden- 
Tui'ner,  Farmers'  Loan  &  Trust  Co.,  New  York  City. 

American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science,  Thirty- 
sixth  and  Woodland  Avenue,  I'hiladelphia,  Pa.     (7) 

American  Ambulance  Field  Service  in  France,  14  Wall  Street, 
New  York  City.    William  II.  Hereford,  treasurer. 

American  Ambulance  Hospital  Fund.  .T.  P.  IMorgan  &  Co., 
23  AVall  Street,  New  York  City. 

American  Ambulance  Millinery  Branch,  Samu<'l  /a<kcr,  chair- 
man, 15  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City. 

American  Armenian  Relief  Fund.  Brown  Bros.,  f);)  Wall 
Street,  New  York  City. 

American  Artists'  Committee  of  100  relief  fund  for  the  fii mi- 
lies  of  French  soldier-artists.  William  B.  Fnxson,  treasurer, 
215  West  Fifty-seventh  Street,  New  York  City. 

American  Association  for  Labor  Legislation,  131  East  Twenty- 
third  Street,  New  York  City.     (78) 

American  Boys'  Naval  and  Marine  Scouts,  51  ( 'hambers  Street. 
New  York  City. 

American  -  British  -  French  -  Belgian  Permanent  Blind  -  Relief 
War  Fund  for  Soldiers  and  Sailors,  Frank  A.  Vanderlip,  hon- 
orary treasurer,  .590  Fifth  Avenue.  New  York  City. 

American  Commission  for  Relief  of  Babies  in  Belgium,  542 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

American  Committee  for  Armenian  and  Syrian  Relief,  Charles 
R.  Crane,  treasurer,  1  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City, 

American  Committee  for  Training  in  Suitable  Trades  the 
Maimed  Soldiers  of  France,  Mrs.  Edmund  L.  Baylies,  treasurer, 
Biltmore  Hotel,  New  York  City. 

American   Committee  of  British   Red   Cross,   C.    S.   Le   Poer 
Trench,    clinirmau:    Edwin   S.    Marston,   treasurer,   27   William 
Street,  New  York  City. 
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UNITED  STATES  AT  WAR.  19 

American  Committee  on  War  Finance,  Amos  Pinchot,  chair- 
man, 60  Broadway,  New  Yorlc  City. 

American  Defense  Rifle  Club,  133  West  Forty-fourth  Street, 
New  Yorli  City. 

American  Economic  Association,  Allyn  A.  Young,  secretary, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.     (8) 

American  Food  Conservation  League,  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Gregory, 
New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

American  Fund  for  French  Wounded,  122  Madison  Avenue, 
New  Yorli  City. 

American  Girls'  Aid  for  the  Collection  of  Clothing  for  Victims 
of  the  European  War  in  France,  Miss  Gladys  HoUingsworth, 
chairman ;  A.  Seaton  Post,  jr.,  treasurer,  293  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

American  Hostels  for  Refugees  in  Paris,  Mrs.  Edith  Wharton, 
21  Quai  de  Bourbon,  Paris ;  21  East  Eleventh  Street,  New  York 
City. 

American  Huguenot  Committee,  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  S.  Macfar- 
land,  treasurer,  105  East  Twenty-second  Street,  New  York  City. 
[Aiding  the  Huguenot  churches  in  France.] 

American  Institute  of  Architects  has  listed  and  cross  indexed 
all  the  architects  of  the  United  States  who  wish  to  make  their 
services  available  to  the  United  States,  and  this  information  is 
on  file  in  its  office.  The  Octagon,  Washington,  D.  C. 

American  .Jewish  Relief  Committee  for  Sufferers  from  the 
War,  20  Exchange  Place,  New  York  City. 

American  McAll  Association,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Perkins,  treasurer, 
1710  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

American  National  Committee  for  the  Encouragement  of  the 
Democratic  Government  of  Russia,  Charles  R.  Flint,  Equitable 
Building,  New  York  City. 

American  Peace  Society,  Colorado  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 

American  Pediatric  Society,  Howard  C.  Carpenter,  secretary, 
1805  Spruce  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Reports  to  Council  of 
National  Defense  what  it  can  do  to  care  for  children  during  war 
time. 

American  Polish  Relief  Couunission,  Miss  Ada  Sterling,  sec- 
retary, 14  East  Forty-sixth  Street,  New  York  City. 

American  Society  for  the  Relief  of  French  War  Orphans,  120 
Broadway,  New  York  City.     (11) 

American  Students'  Committee  of  the  Ecole  des  Beaux  Ajts, 
Henry  R.  Sedgwick,  treasurer,  107  East  Thirty-seventh  Street, 
New  York  City. 


20  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS. 

AiiieriCfiu  Women's  League  for  Self-Defense,  33  West  Forty- 
second  Street,  New  York  City. 

Arcliitectural  League  of  New  York.  Agricultural  Corps. 

Association  for  International  Conciliation,  American  branch, 
407  West  One  hundred  and  seventeenth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Barnard  Committee  of  Undergraduate  Preparedness,  Katherine 
narrower,  chairman. 

Belgian  Children's  Fund,  Literary  Digest,  New  York  City. 

Belgian  Relief  Fund,  431  West  Forty-seventh  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Belgian  Soldiei's'  Tobacco  Fund,  Flatlron  Building,  New  York 
City. 

Le  Bien-etre  du  Bless§,  care  .John  :\Iunroe  &  Co.,  200  Fifth 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Boy  Scouts  of  America.  200  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
(13) 

British-American  AVar  Relief  Fund,  Henry  J.  Whitehouse, 
treasurer,  5  East  Fifty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 

British  Red  Cross  Society,  Edwin  S.  Marston,  treasurer,  12 
Bridge  Street,  New  York  City. 

British  War  Relief  Association  (Inc.),  542  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

Canadian  Club  of  New  York.  [For  the  purchase  of  supplies 
for  the  Red  Cross  organization  of  Canada.] 

Cardinal  Mercier  Fund,  care  J.  P.  Morgan  &  Co.,  23  Wall 
Street,  New  York  City. 

Central  Committee  for  the  Relief  of  Jews  Suffering  Through 
the  War.  03  Park  Row,  New  York  City. 

Le  Cerrle  Rochambeau,  25  West  Forty-tifth  Street,  New  York 
City. 

Charpeutier  Fund  for  the  Fraternal  League  of  the  Children 
of  France,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Thomas,  treasurer,  27  Ivanhoe  Terrace, 
East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Children  of  America's  Arnjy  of  Relief.  142  Berkeley  Street, 
Boston,  Mass.     (21) 

Children  of  Flanders  Rescue  Committee,  21  Quai  de  Bourbon, 
Paris;  21  East  Eleventh  Street,  New  York  City,  Mrs.  Edith 
Wharton. 

Civilian  Committee,  Naval  Training  Cruise,  52  William  Street, 
New  Y'ork  City. 

Civilian  Relief  Committee  of  the  New  York  County  Chapter 
of  the  American  Red  Cross. 

College  Men's  Training  Corps,  19  West  Forty-fourth  Street, 
New  I'ork  City. 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  21 

Columbia  University  Cominitteo  for  Women's  War  Work. 

Columbia  University,  Division  of  Intelligence  and  Publicity. 
(26) 

Columbia  War  Hospital,  to  be  erected  by  popular  .subscription 
upon  the  old  Columbia  Oval,  New  York  City. 

Comforts  Committee  of  the  Navy  League,  509  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York  City. 

Commission  for  Relief  in  Belgium,  120  Broadway,  New  York 
City. 

Commission  for  Relief  of  Belgian  Prisoners  in  Germany, 
James  A.  Blair,  jr.,  360  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Committee  for  Men  Blinded  in  Battle,  17  East  Thirty-eighth 
Street,  New  York  City. 

Committee  of  Mercy,  August  Belmont,  treasurer,  200  Fifth 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Committee  of  Sixty  to  Conserve  the  Grain  Supply  in  War  Time 
by  Diverting  it  from  the  Manufacture  of-  Intoxicants,  Irving 
Fisher,  of  Yale,  president.     (Ill) 

Committee  of  the  American  Ambulance  in  Russia,  Hamilton 
Fish  jr.,  chairman ;  William  H.  Hamilton,  treasurer,  11  Broad- 
way, New  York  City. 

Committee  on  Amelioration  of  Hardship  of  Families  of  Physi- 
cians Called  Into  National  Service,  J.  Bentley  Squier,  treasurer. 

Committee  on  Food  Gardens  in  the  Greater  City,  a  clearing 
house  for  food  organization. 

Committees  of  Safety.  See  National  Committee  of  I'atriotic 
and  Defense  Societies. 

Dardanelles  War  Relief  Fund,  A.  H.  Benjamin,  chairman. 
435  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Dollar  Christmas  Fund  for  Destitute  Belgian  Children,  Henry 
Clews,  treasurer,  66  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Duryea  War  Relief  (Secours  Duryea),  259  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

Emergency  Service  Connnittee  of  the  Women's  University 
Club,  New  York  City. 

Farm-Boy  Cavaliers,  University  Farm,  University  of  Minne- 
sota. 

Farm  Cadet  Bureau,  organized  under  Military  Training  Com- 
mission, State  of  New  York,  Arthur  Payne,  executive  secretary, 
68  William  Street,  New  York  City. 

Farnese  Relief  Fund,  George  C.  Lee.  44  State  Street,  Boston. 

The  Fatherless  Children  of  France  Branch.  665  Fifth  Avenue. 
New  York  City. 


22  LIBRARY   OF    CONGRESS. 

Federal  Council  of  Churches  of  Christ  in  America,  105  East 
Twenty-second  Street,  New  York  City.     (49) 

Franco-American  Committee  for  Protection  of  Cliildren  of 
the  Frontier,  Frederic  R.  Coudert,  treasurer.  2  Rector  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Franco-Serbian  Field  Hospital  of  America,  Henry  B.  Brit- 
ton,  treasurer,  17  West  Thirtieth  Street,  New  York  City. 

French  and  Belgian  Artists  Fund,  15  West  Thirty-eighth 
Street.  New  York  City. 

French  Flotilla  Committee,  38  West  Thirty-ninth  Street,  New 
York  City. 

French  Heroes'  Fund,  James  A.  Blair,  jr.,  treasurer,  360  Madi- 
son Avenue,  New  York  City. 

French  Tubercular  War  Victims'  Fund,  Charles  H.  Sabin, 
treasurer,  360  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

"  Friends  of  the  German  Republic  "  Association,  .J.  Koettgen, 
organizing  secretary,  New  York  City. 

Fund  for  the  American  Ambulance  Hospital  of  Paris,  care 
J.  P.  Morgan  &  Co.,  23  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 

General  Italian  Relief  Committee,  Long  Acre  Building,  West 
Forty-second  Street,  New  York  City. 

Girls'  National  Honor  Guard,  34  West  Twenty-eighth  Street, 
New  York  City. 

High-School  Volunteer  Camps,  Culver,  Ind. 

High-School  Volunteers  of  United  States,  Everybody's  Maga- 
zine, New  York  City. 

Home  Club  War  Relief  Work,  Mrs.  Franklin  K.  Lane,  chair- 
man. Home  Club,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Home  Defense  Corps,  New  York  State. 

Home  defense  leagues.  See  National  Committee  of  Patriotic 
and  Defense  Societies. 

Hospital  Supply  and  Clothing  Committee.  Auxiliary  of  Polish 
victims'  relief  fund,  33  West  Forty-second  Street,  New  York 
City. 

Housewives'  Army  for  National  Defense,  Mrs.  Julian  Heath, 
head  of  the  Housewives'  League,  major  general. 

Irish  Relief  Fund  Committee,  Thomas  H.  Kelly,  treasurer, 
26  Cortlandt  Street,  New  York  City. 

Jewish  League  of  American  Patriots.  Warheit  Building,  163 
East  Broadway,  New  York  City.     (72) 

Jewish  People's  Relief  Committee  of  America.  Congressman 
Meyer  London,  chairman;  Shepard  Goldberg,  treasurer.     (72) 

Junior  Naval  Reserves,  25  West  Forty-fifth  Sti-eet,  New  York 
City. 


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Lafayette  Fund.  Francis  Roche,  treasurer.  The  A  aiulerbilt 
Hotel,  New  Yoik  Cit.v.  Devoted  to  the  immediate  relief  of  the 
French  soldiers  in  the  trenches. 

Lawrence  Honu-.  MiUhrook,  Dutchc-ss  ('ounty.  N.  Y.  For  con- 
valescents  of  the  T'nited  States  Navy. 

League  for  World  Peace.  International  iicadciuariei-s.  \Vr>od- 
ward  Building.  Washington,  D.  C. 

League  of  ('atholic  Women  for  Civic  Social  Reform.  154 
p]ast  Thirty-eighth  Street.  New  York  City. 

Lithuanian- American  Relief  Committee,  37  F.ist  Twenty- 
eighth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Lithuanian  Central  War  Relief  ('oinniittec  Flatiron  Uiiild- 
ing.  New  York  City. 

Long  Island  Foo<l  Iteservc  r>altalion  Instruction  Train.  Can- 
ning kitchens  and  canning  clubs  organize*]. 

Marine  Scouts,  .51  Chambers  Street,  New  York  City. 

Mayor  IMitchel's  Food  Garden  Committee,  New  Y'ork  City. 

Merchants'  Association  of  New  York,  Woolworth  Building, 
233  Broadway,  New  York  City.  Has  undertaken  to  mobilize 
the  country  banks  of  New  York  State  to  assist  the  farmers  to 
raise  larger  crops  this  year. 

Military  Engineering  Connnittee  of  New  York.  29  West 
Thirty-ninth  Street.  New  York  City.  J.  S.  Langthorn,  secre- 
tary;  Joseph  Struthers.  office  manager.     (85) 

Military  Training  Camps  Association,  19  West  Forty-fourth 
Street,  New  York  City. 

Militia  of  Mercy,  4  West  Forty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 
To  care  for  families  of  naval  militia  and  naval  recruits. 

Montenegrin  Relief  Association  of  America,  James  Stewart 
Cushman,  treasurer,  105  West  Forty-ninth  Street,  New  York 
City. 

National  Aerial  Coast  Patrol  Commission. 

National  Allied  Relief  Committee,  James  A.  Blair,  jr.. 
treasurer,  360  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

National  American  Woman  Suffrage  Association,  171  Madi- 
son Avenue,  New  York  City.  Organizing  clubs  to  train  women 
in  agricultural  work,  to  provide  employment,  and  teach  loyalty 
to  immigrants. 

National  Board  for  Historical  Service,  133  Woodward  Build- 
ing, Washington.   D.   C.      (96) 

National  Board  of  Underwriters,  76  William  Street,  New  York 
City.  Placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Government  the  services  of 
a  veritable  army  of  investigators  and  a  fund  of  classified  in- 
formation concerning  the  Nation's  resources  and  industrial 
capabilities. 


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National  Child  Labor  Comniittee,  ]()">  East  'I'wenty-secoiul 
Street,  New  Yorlc  City.  Efforts  to  s])aro  cliildrcMi  fi-om  war's 
blight.     (19) 

National  Committee  for  INIental  Hygiene.  Undertakes  the 
organization  and  equipment  of  p.sycluatric  units  to  be  attached 
to  Army  and  Navy  base  hospitals  to  care  for  soldiers  whose 
minds  have  become  affected  from  poison  gas,  shell  fire,  shock, 
or  other  war  causes.  Cliffoi-d  W.  Beers,  secretary,  50  Union 
Square,  New  York  City. 

National  Committee  of  Patriot  ic  .•uid  Defense  Societies,  929 
Southern  Building,  Washington.  D.  C.  To  coordinate  the  efforts 
of  28  or  more  patriotic  and  defense  organizations,  such  as 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  National  civic  associa- 
tion. Army  League,  Navy  League,  etc.  Information  concerning 
home  defen.se  leagues,  committees  of  safety,  etc. 

National  Consumers'  League,  289  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York 
City. 

National  Council  of  Women.  Coordinating  the  work  of 
societies,  such  as  National  Association  Opposed  to  Woman  Suf- 
frage, Woman's  ('hristian  Temperance  Union,  General  Federa- 
tion of  Women's  Clubs.  CoTigress  of  Mothers,  etc. 

National  Electric  Light  Association,  29  West  Thirty-ninth 
Street,  New  York  City. 

National  Housewives'  League.  25  West  Forty-fifth  Street, 
New  York  City. 

National  League  for  Women's  Service,  259  Madison  Avenue, 
New  York  City.  Registration  of  women  for  industrial  service; 
to  train  girl  students  for  farming  and  dairying. 

National  Rifle  Association  of  America,  1.502  H  Street,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

National  School  Camp,  1  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

National  Security  League,  31  Pine  Street,  New  York  City. 
Active  campaign  for  home  defense  leagues  in  all  parts  of  the 
country. 

National  Soldiers'  Comfort  Packet  Committee,  66  West 
Thirty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City.  Provides  and  distributes 
comfort  packets  to  soldiers  on  their  departure  for  the  allied 
trenches. 

National  Special  Aid  Society,  259  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 
City. 

National  War  Relief  Committee,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Naval  Training  Association  of  the  United  States,  26  Cort- 
landt  Street,  New  York  City. 

New  York  Committee  of  the  Fatherless  Children  of  France, 
563  Park  Avenue,  New  York  City. 


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New  York  Surgical  Dressings  Coininitlee.  10  East  Forty- 
ninth  Street,  New  Yorlv  City. 

Old  Clothes  War  Relief  Clul)  (hranch  of  the  Secretariat  Fran- 
gais  des  Villages  I.iheres),  Miss  Marie  Louise  Fontaine,  4  East 
Seventieth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Organization  Committee  of  the  Motor  Truck  Club,  1790  liroad- 
way,  New  York  City. 

Orphelinat  des  Aniiees,  Miss  L.  A.  Leland,  cli;iirrnaii.  .1.  \\ 
Morgan  &  Co.,  23  Wail  Street,  New  York  City. 

Patriotic  Agricultural  Service  Committee,  New  York  City. 

People's  Relief  Conimillee  for  Jewish  War  Sufferers.  171  East 
Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Persian  War  Relief  Fund,  Edward  M.  Bulkeley,  treasurer, 
25  Broad  Street,  New  York  City. 

Pilgrims  of  Plenty.  Free  enlistment  offices  for  persons  who 
wish  to  spend  their  vacations  doing  farm  work,  at  1790  Broad- 
way, Exchange  Place,  Whitehall,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Station, 
New  York  City. 

Polish  Hospital  Supply  and  Clothing  Committee,  IMiss  Eleanor 
Blodgett,  chairman,  fifth  floor,  GSl  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Polish  Victims'  Relief  Committee,  33  West  Foriy-eecond 
Street,  New  York  City. 

Preparedness  League  of  American  Dentists,  576  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York  City. 

Red  Cross  European  War  Relief  Fund,  130  East  Twenty-second 
Street,  New  York  City  ;  National  Red  Cross  headquarters,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Roumanian  Relief  Committee  of  America,  Henry  Clews,  treas- 
urer, 43  Cedar  Street,  New  York  City. 

Russian-American  Relief  Association,  Flatiron  Building,  New 
York  City. 

Scottish  Women's  Hospitals  for  Foreign  Service,  American 
branch,  20  Nassau  Street,  New  York  City. 

Secours  National  Fund,  16  East  Forty-seventh  Street,  New 
York  City. 

Serbian  Hospitals  Fund,  Otto  T.  Bannard,  treasurer,  1  Madi- 
son Avenue,  New  Y'"ork  City. 

Serbian  Relief  Committee  of  America,  70  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

Siberian  Regiments'  American  Ambulance  Society,  Flatiron 
Building,  New  York  City. 

Sicilian  Relief  Fund,  Mrs.  Frederick  Crowninshield,  treasurer, 
Stockbridge,  Mass. 

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Special  Aid  Society  for  American  Preparedness,  601  Boylston 
Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Stage  Women's  War  Relief,  Racliel  Grothers,  national  chair- 
man. 

Surgical  Dressing  Committee,  1826  Massachusetts  Avenue, 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  10  East  Fifty-eighth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Ukrainian  War  Kelief  Fund.  Simon  Va<llowsky,  treasurer,  So 
Grand  Street,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

L'Union  des  Arts,  712  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City.  Con- 
tributes to  the  assistance  and  protection  of  artists,  painters, 
sculptors,  and  literary  men  who  are  victims  of  the  war. 

Union  Nationale  des  Eglises  Reformes  Evangeliques  de 
France,  Emergency  Relief  Fund,  Alfred  R.  Kinil)all,  treasurer, 
10r>  East  Twenty-second  Street,  New  Y'ork  City. 

United  Irish  League  Branch  of  the  New  York  County  Chapter 
of  the  American  Red  Cross,  624  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

United  States  Boy  Scouts,  7  Maiden  Lane,  New  York  City. 

United  States  Branch  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  National  Relief 
Fund,  R.  M.  Stuart  Wortley,  treasurer,  25  Broad  Street,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

United  States  Guild  for  Soldiers'  Comforts  (British),  Mrs. 
Arnold  Schramm,  150  West  Ninety-fifth  Street.  New  York  City. 

University  Grants  Committee  of  the  Polish  Victims'  Relief 
Fund,  33  East  Forty-second  Street,  New  York  City. 

Vacation  War  Relief  Conmiittee,  122  Madison  Avenue,  New 
York  City. 

War  Baby's  Cradle,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City.  To  pro- 
vide a  bed,  food,  and  10  days'  nursing-  and  care  during  the  con- 
finement of  the  poor,  destitute  French  women. 

War  Children's  Relief  Fund.  Miss  Eva  McDonald  \'alesh, 
chairman,  35  West  Thirty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 

War  Committee  of  the  Lawyers'  Club,  New  York  City. 

War  Relief  Clearing  House  for  France  and  her  Allies,  Thomas 
W.  Lament,  treasurer,  40  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 

War  Relief  Commission,  61  Broadway,  New  York  City.     (153) 

War  Relief  Department  of  the  Needlework  Guild  of  America, 
70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Watchmaking.  Eugene  Tanke  to  found  a  school  of  watch  and 
clock  repairing  for  the  benefit  of  soldiers  permanently  crippled 
at  the  front. 

Woman's  Farming  Class,  Columbia  University. 

Woman's  Federated  Council  of  Employment  for  the  District 
of  Columbia,  Mrs.  Archibald  Hopkins,  acting  superintendent, 
1826  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  O. 


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Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee,  INIrs.  W.  G.  McAdoo,  clmir- 
man,  Wasliington,  D.  C. 

Woman's  Relief  Corps,  1917  Colfax  Street,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Woman's  Section  of  the  Navy  League,  160G  Twentieth  Street, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Woman's  Department,  National  Civic  Federation,  1  Madison 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Woodcraft  League.  Establishing  potato  clubs  all  over  the 
country.  . 

Yomig  Men's  Christian  Association,  National  War  Work  ('oun- 
cil,  124  East  Twenty-eighth  Street,  New  York  City. 
4.  Agriculture,  Department  of. 

At  a  conference  of  agricultural  representatives  of  32  States 
with  the  Secretary  of  Agricvdture  held  in  St.  Louis,  April  10  and 
11.  1917,  the  following  program  was  adopted  :  An  emergency  ap- 
propriation of  .$2.5,000,000  to  l)e  made  available  inmiediately  for 
the  use  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  meet  the  extraordi- 
nary needs  of  agriculture:  an  urgent  call  to  all  farmers  to  in- 
crease production  and  to  housewives  to  avoid  all  food  waste; 
the  mobilization  of  over  2,000,000  unemployed  boys  between  the 
ages  of  15  and  19  years  for  service  on  the  farms  and  in  the  pro- 
duction of  food  supplies  and  munitions;  the  enlistment  of  men 
unfitted  for  military  service  as  an  officially  recognized  force 
for  the  production  of  necessities ;  a  complete  survey  of  the  food 
supply ;  national  systematic  publicity  of  food  prices ;  effective 
control  of  agencies  for  the  manufacture  and  handling  of  foods 
and  price  fixing,  if  necessary. 

The  conference  decided  to  deal  with  the  whole  subject  under 
four  divisions  and  appointed  a  committee  of  1.").  and  this  com- 
mittee appointed  from  its  membership  the  following  subcom- 
mittees to  deal  with  each  of  the  four  problems : 

1.  Production  and  labor. — H.  .1.  Waters,  P^ugene  Davenport. 
J.  A.  Wade,  Jewell  Mayes,  G.  A.  StaufEer,  W.  A.  Taylor. 

2.  Economy. — .1.  .M.  Hamilton,  H.  K.  Bryson,  W.  H.  .Jordan. 

3.  Distribution  and  prices. — Clarence  Ousley,  .T.  N.  Hagan, 
Kenyon  L.  Butterfield,  Charles  .T.  Brand. 

4.  Organization. — W.  O.  Thompson,  Charles  S.  Wilson,  H.  L. 
Russell,  D.  F.  Houston. 

See  the  American  Food  .Journal.  May,  1917,  pages  24.">-247. 

The  Weekly  News  Letter,  published  by  the  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  subscription  price  50  cents  per  year,  sent 
to  libraries  free  on  application,  contains  information  on  all  im- 
portant measures  taken  by  the  department  in  relation  to  con- 


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serving  and  increasing  the  food  supply.  The  issue  for  May  2, 
1917,  for  instance,  contains  the  report  of  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture made  in  re.sponse  to  a  request  of  the  Senate  for  a  compi-e- 
heusive  plan  for  increasing  the  food  supply  of  the  United  States. 

Other  activities  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  are  indi- 
cated under  the  heading  Crops  (36),  Food  (58),  etc. 
5.  Agriculture,  International  Institute  of. 

Headquarters. — Rome,  Italy. 

Organization. — The  International  Institute  of  Agriculture  was 
established  under  the  International  Treaty  of  June  7,  1905 
(ratified  by  the  United  States  July  7,  1906).  See  "Treaties, 
conventions,  international  acts,  protocols,  and  agreements  be- 
tween the  United  States  of  America  and  other  powers.  1796- 
1909,"  V.  2,  p.  2140-2144. 

Membership. — It  is  composed  of  delegates  selected  by  the 
signatory  governments,  and  its  affairs  are  carried  on  through 
a  general  assembly  and  an  executive  committee.  The  officers 
are  Marquis  Raffacle  Cappelli,  president;  M.  Louis  Dop,  vice 
president ;  Prof.  Giovanni  Lorenzoni,  general  secretary. 

Funds. — The  institute  is  under  the  patronage  of  the  King  of 
Italy,  who  has  endowed  it  with  revenues  amounting  to  about 
$60,000  annually.  It  receives,  also,  contributions  from  the  ad- 
hering countries. 

Functions. — The  chief  object  of  the  organization  is  to  furnish 
the  various  countries  prompt  and  reliable  estimates  and  statis- 
tics of  agricultural  production  and  distribution,  general  infor- 
mation regarding  the  progress  of  the  industry  and  means  for  its 
improvement,  and  matters  pertaining  to  the  economic  and  socio- 
logical aspects  of  agriculture.  The  institute  has  made  special 
efforts  to  secure  the  most  accurate  crop  statistics  in  the  bellig- 
erent countries. 

Publications. — Among  the  various  publications  of  the  institute 
are  the  following : 

International  crop  report  and  agricultural  statistics. 
Monthly.     6  francs  annual  subscription. 

International  review  of  the  science  and  practice  of  agricul- 
ture.    Monthly.     18  francs  annual  subscription. 

International  review  of  agricultural  economics.  Monthly, 
Annual  subscription,  18  francs. 

International  yearbook  of  agricultural  statistics.     5  francs. 

International  yearbook  of  agricultural  legislation.     10  francs. 

Although  no  articles  in  the  above  publications  deal  specifi- 
cally with  the  war,  yet  the  information  which  they  contain  on 


UNITED   STATES   AT  WAR.  29 

the  practice  of  agriculture  and  the  statistics  which  they  give 
concerning  the  food  supplies  of  the  world  are  particularly 
valuahle  at  this  time. 

References. — Information  concerning  the  institute  is  to  be 
found  in  the  following :  "  The  International  Institute  of  Agri- 
culture," Rome,  1915,  published  by  the  institute,  1  franc; 
"  David  Lubin's  plan  for  peace  and  plenty,"  the  Survey,  .Tanu- 
ary  16,  1915,  volume  33:  413;  "New  Internationalism  in  Agri- 
culture "  by  H.  C.  Price,  Scientific  American  supplement, 
August  14,  1915,  volume  80 :  109 ;  "  The  World's  Department  of 
Agriculture,"  Current  Literature,  June,  1912,  volume  52 : 
659-660. 

6.  Aircraft  Production  Board. 

A  board  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.  Howard  E. 
Coffin,  chairman.     (3.1) 

7.  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science. 
Headquarters. — Southwest    corner    Thirty-sixth    Street    and 

Woodland  Avenue,  Philadelphia. 

The  Academy  has  devoted  a  number  of  its  recent  publications 
to  matters  relating  to  the  war.  It  happened  that  volume  54  of 
the  1914  issues  was  on  the  "  International  relations  of  the 
United  States,"  largely  taken  up  with  the  Monroe  doctrine,  and 
the  Mexican  situation;  it  contained  papers  on  "American  citi- 
zens in  foreign  countries,"  "  The  policy  of  the  United  States  in 
the  Pacific,"  and  "  The  elements  of  a  constructive  American 
foreign  policy." 

The  issues  for  1915  and  1916  included — 

Volume  59.  "  The  American  industrial  opportunity,"  includ- 
ing papers  on  "  The  resources,"  "  Importance  of  research," 
"  Government  regulation  of  business,"  "  Waterways,"  "  Foreign 
trade." 

Volume  60.  "American  interests  as  affected  by  the  European 
war,"  including  "American  merchant  marine,"  "  Trade  relations 
in  Latin  America  as  affected  by  the  European  war,"  "America's 
financial  position  as  affected  by  the  European  war,"  "American 
neutrality  and  the  European  war." 

Volume  61.  "America's  interests  after  the  European  war," 
including  "America's  industries  as  affected  by  the  European 
war,"  "American  industrial  supremacy,"  "  Industrial  conserva- 
tion through  world  peace,"  "An  international  court." 

Volume  63.  "  National  industries  and  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment," including  papers  on  "  The  Federal  Trade  Commission," 


30  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRE&S. 

"  The  Federal  Reserve  Board,"  "  The  Intei-state  Commerce 
Commission,"  etc. 

Volume  66.  "  Preparedness  ;ind  America's  international  pro- 
gram," including  "  The  basis  of  a  durable  peace,"  "  The  effect 
of  a  large  military  and  naval  establisluuent  on  our  domestic 
institutions  and  policy." 

Volume  68.  "America's  changing  investment  market,"  includ- 
ing "  International  investments  before  the  European  war," 
"  Influence  of  the  European  war,"  "  Capital  needs  of  the  near 
future,"  etc. 

8.  American  Commission  to  Russia. 

McmbcrsliiiJ. — On  April  26,  3917,  the  State  Department  an- 
nounced that  Elihu  Root  had  been  appointed  chairman  of  a 
special  diplomatic  mission  to  Russia  and  on  May  ll,  1917,  the 
personnel  of  the  Mission  was  given  out:  Chairman,  Elihu  Root; 
Charles  R.  Crane,  John  R.  Mott,  Cyrus  McCormick,  Samuel  R. 
Bertron,  James  Duncan,  Charles  Edward  Russell,  Maj.  Gen. 
Hugh  L.  Scott,  and  Rear  Admiral  James  H.  Glemion. 

Function. — The  purpose  of  the  Mission  is  to  transmit  to  the 
Russian  people  the  pleasure  which  Americans  have  in  Russia's 
overthrow  of  autocracy,  and  to  let  it  l)e  known  that  the  United 
States  stands  ready  to  help  Russia  in  any  way  that  will  con- 
tribute to  her  permanent  welfare. 

References. — Articles  dealing  witli  the  members  of  the  Com- 
mission appear  in  the  afternoon  newspapers  of  May  11  and  14, 
1917,  and  in  the  morning  papers  of  May  15  and  16,  1917. 

9.  American  Economic  Association. 
Secretary,  AUyn  A.  Young,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

The  association  proposes  to  organize  committees  at  a  meeting 
of  the  executive  committee  to  be  held  June  2,  as  follows : 

A.  Finance  and  currency. 

B.  Agriculture  and  food  production. 

C.  Labor  and  labor  legislation. 

D.  Conservation  of  natural  resources. 

E.  Corporation  finance  and  regulation. 

F.  Cost  accounting  on  Government  contracts. 

G.  Control  of  war  prices  and  combinations  and  the  distribu- 
tion of  products. 

H.  Distribution  of  income  and  wealth  as  affected  by  the  war. 

The  association,  in  connection  with  the  United  States  Civil 
Service  Commission,  expects  to  take  a  census  of  economic 
experts. 


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The  Economic  Review,  the  organ  of  tlie  association,  has  been 
printing  a  number  of  papers  on  topics  connected  with  the  war. 
The  March  issue,  for  example,  contains  the  papers  and  pro- 
ceedings of  the  twenty-ninth  annual  meeting  and  includes  "  The 
situation  of  the  United  States  .  .  .  witii  special  reference 
to  the  gold  supply,"  by  G.  E.  Roberts ;  "  Loans  and  taxes  in 
war  tinance,"  by  O.  M.  W.  Sprague;  and  "The  redistribution  of 
the  labor  now  employed  in  producing  war  supplies,"  by  H.  H. 
Lund. 
American  National  Red  Cross. 

See  Red  Cross.  American  National.     (123) 

10.  American  Red  Star  Animal  Relief. 

Hendqttarters.— 287  State  Street,  Albany.  X.  Y. ;  E.  Eveleth. 
corresponding  secretary. 

Oryanization  and  membership. — On  May  22,  1916,  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  Newton  D.  Baker,  invited  the  American  Humane 
Association  to  prepai'e  and  organize  a  relief  service  for  animals 
used  in  the  United  States  Army,  which  should  do  for  them  what 
the  American  Red  Ci'oss  is  prepared  to  do  for  the  soldiers.  On 
June  27,  1916,  in  accordance  with  that  request,  the  American  lied 
Star  Animal  Relief  was  organized.  Dr.  William  O.  Stillman, 
president  of  the  National  Humane  Association,  is  the  dii'ector 
general,  with  offices  at  287  State  Street,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

The  organization  is  supported  by  private  contributions  of 
money  and  supplies.  Branches  are  being  established  through- 
out the  country  by  the  local  chapters  of  the  American  Humane 
Association,  the  local  societies  for  tlie  prevention  of  cruelty  to 
animals,  and  by  groups  formed  especially  for  this  new  work. 

Fmvction. — The  Red  Star  has  started  a  volunteer  veterinary 
corps,  in  which  it  is  recruiting  veterinarians  of  approved  veter- 
inary colleges,  and  experienccnl  blacksmitlis  and  stable  hands, 
for  war  service. 

Publieations. — The  official  reports  of  the  work  of  the  American 
Red  Star  Relief  appear  in  the  National  Humane  Review,  Albany, 
N.  Y.  Four  numbers  of  the  Red  Star  News  Bulletin  have  ap- 
peared as  supplements  to  the  National  Humane  Review.  A 
bulletin  of  information  and  a  circular  are  also  available  free. 

Contributions  should  be  made  payable  to  Edgar  McDonald, 
treasurer  of  the  American  Red  Star  Animal  Relief,  and  mailed  to 
William  O.  Stillman,  director. 

11.  American  Society  for  the  Relief  of  French  War  Orphans. 
Headquarters. — 120  Broadway,  New  York  City.     William  D. 

Guthrie,  president ;  Snowden  Fahnestock.  secretary. 


32  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

Function.- — To  raise  funds  to  help  the  French  war  orphans 
and  families  of  dead  and  incapacitated  sokliers. 

Puhlications. — The  society  has  issued  one  display  poster  and  a 
great  many  leaflets  and  circulars,  amons  which  are  the  "  Objects 
of  the  society  and  plan  of  organization  " ;  "  Certificate  of  in- 
corporation and  by-laws " ;  "America's  debt  to  France,"  by 
W.  D.  Guthrie ;  Ex-President  Roosevelt's  letter  to  the  president 
general  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  indorsing 
the  work  of  the  society  and  a  reprint  of  an  article  from  the 
New  York  Sun,  February  4,  1917,  "  Little-known  facts  of  our 
alliance  with  France."  Contributions  should  be  made  payable 
to  the  American  Society  for  the  Relief  of  French  War  Orphans 
or  to  Thomas  Cochran,  treasurer. 

12.  Bibliography  of  the  War. 

Of  comprehensive  schemes,  mention  should  be  made  of  the 
plan  of  the  municipal  library  of  Lyons,  which  began  almost 
coincident  with  the  outbreak  of  the  war  to  collect  material, 
with  a  view  to  a  future  catalogue.  A  similar  enterprise  has 
been  started  in  England  by  Mr.  Alex.  J.  Philip  and  has  the 
support  of  the  Central  Committee  for  National  Patriotic  Or- 
ganizations, 62  Charing  Cross,  London,  W.  C.  This  is  planned 
on  the  most  comprehensive  lines  to  include  not  only  books  and 
pamphlets,  but  posters,  handbills,  circulars,  letters,  leaflets, 
and  ephemeral  literature  of  every  kind.  A  catalogue  on  cards 
is  planned,  of  which  only  seven  sets  are  to  be  made,  one  set 
only  being  deposited  in  any  country.  See  the  article  in  The 
Field,  Lond.,  February  17,  1917.  Another  comprehensive  under- 
taking is  being  carried  out  by  the  Deutsche  Buecherei,  Leipzig. 

National  lists. — The  more  important  national  lists  are  the  fol- 
lowing, not  all  limited,  however,  to  national  publications : 

British. — Great  Britain,  Stationery  Ofl^^ce.  List  of  publications 
issued  by  His  Majesty's  Stationery  Office  in  connection  with 
events  arising  from  the  state  of  war.  London,  H.  M.  Stationery 
Office,  Harrison  and  Sons,  printers,  1916.  70  pages.  Continued 
by  the  Monthly  and  Quarterly  List  of  Parliamentary  publica- 
tions. 

French. — Cercle  de  la  librairie,  Paris.  Catalogue.  Publica- 
tions sur  la  guerre  1914-1.5.  Livres — estampes — albums  illus- 
tres — revues — journaux  du  front.  Paris,  Cercle  de  la  librairie, 
1916+ 

German. — Hinrichs,  firm,  booksellers,  Leipzig.  Die  deutsche 
Kriegsliteratur  von  Kriegsbeginn  .  .  .  Teildruck  aus  den 
Registern    zu    Hinrichs'    Halbjahrs-katalog    der    iin    deutschen 


UNITED   STATES   AT  WAE.  33 

Bucliliaudc'l    ersclucnenon    Biu/lier,    Zeltsclirif'ti'ii,    T.iunlkarten, 
usw.     Leipzig,  J.  C.  Hinrichs,  1915+ 

Itolian. — Hoepli,  firm,  booksellers,  Milan.  (lOl.j.  Ulrico 
Hoepli.)  Opere  pubblicate  in  Italia  suUa  guerra  luondiale 
1914+  con  speciale  riguanlo  agli  interossi  Italian!.  Milano 
[1915]  + 

Scandiiiocian. — Doitbnianske  bibliotek,  Christiana.  Literatur 
oni  verdenskrigen.  Kristiania,  C).  F.  Aruosens  bok-  &  alvciden- 
strykkeri,  1916+ 

United  states. — The  best  statement  of  the  literature  i)ublished 
in  the  United  States  will  be  found  in  the  publications  of  the 
H.  ^^'.  Wilson  Co.,  "  Cumulative  book  index "  and  "  Readers' 
guide  to  periodical  literature,"  1914-date. 

General  lists  have  appeared  in  the  New  York  Times  Book 
Review,  April  15,  1917,  pages  152-154,  covering  the  past  six 
months.  Sheip's  "  Handbook  of  the  Eui-opean  war,"  published 
by  the  H.  W.  Wilson  Co.,  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  is  a  collection  of 
essays,  extracts  from  books,  speeches,  etc.,  of  which  a  second 
volume  by  Bingham  has  appeared.  Miss  Corinne  Bacon's  list 
appears  in  the  first  volume  and  has  been  reprinted  as  "  Best 
books  on  the  war;  an  annotated  list."  (25  cents.)  The  most 
extensive  general  list  in  English  is  that  edited  by  F.  W.  T. 
Lange  and  W.  T.  Berry,  "  Books  on  the  great  war ;  an  annotated 
bibliography  of  literature  issued  during  the  European  conflict," 
published  by  Grafton  &  Co.,  London.  Five  parts  have  so  far 
appeared.  Mention  should  also  be  made  of  "  List  of  publica- 
tions bearing  on  the  war,"  published  by  the  Central  Committee 
for  National  Patriotic  Organizations  mentioned  above.  Three 
of  these,  compiled  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Prothero,  have  appeareil,  the 
third  with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Alex.  J.  Philip. 

Library  reading  lists  (to  mention  only  a  few  by  way  of  ex- 
ample) have  been  issued  by  Bridgeport,  Conn. ;  Cambridge, 
Mass. ;  Case  Library,  Cleveland,  Ohio ;  Jacksonville,  Fla. ;  Pratt 
Institute,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Washington.  D.  C. 

A  special  bibliography  has  been  issued  by  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress on  "  Europe  and  international  politics  "  dealing  with  the 
preliminaries  leading  up  to  the  war  and  with  various  interna- 
tional question  incident  to  the  war. 

Peace  literature  will  be  found  in  J.  R.  Mez.  "  I'eace  literature 
of  the  war,"  published  by  the  American  Association  for  Inter- 
national Conciliation,  1916. 

Military  literature  will  be  found  in  the  International  Military 
Digest,  a  monthly  review  [with  quarterly  and  annual  cumula- 
tion] of  the  current  literature  of  military  science  published  by 
102734—17 5 


34  LIBEAKY   OF   CONGEESS. 

the  Cumulative  Digest  Corporation,  241  West  Thirty-seventh 
Street,  New  York  City,  at  .$3.50  per  year,  with  the  annual  cumu- 
lation, $5.  This  is  more  than  a  bibliography,  as  it  digests  the 
articles  in  over  SO  periodicals,  mostly  military. 

United  States.    General  Staff.    War  College  division.    ;Montlily 
list  of  military  information  carded  from  books,  pei-iodicals.  and 
other  .sources  .  .  .    Fort  LeaAenworth,  Kans..  Press  of  the  Army 
Service  Schools,  191-5  + 
13.   Boy  Scouts  of  America. 

National  headquarters. — 200  Fifth  Avenue,  New  Yorlv  City. 

Establishment. — The  Boy  Scouts  of  America  received  a  char- 
ter under  the  laws  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Februax\v  8, 
1910.  A  Federal  charter  was  granted  by  act  of  Congress  June 
15,  191G. 

Organization  (iiid  )neinbcrf<hii). — Local  councils,  of  which  there 
are  now  about  700.  receive  their  charter  from  the  pai-ent 
organization.  The  national  officers  are:  Honorary  president, 
Woodrow  Wilson;  honorary  vice  president,  William  H.  Taft ; 
honorary  vice  president,  Theodore  Iloosevelt ;  active  president, 
Colin  H.  Livingstone ;  national  scout  commissioner,  Daniel  C. 
Beard.  Any  boy  in  the  United  States  over  12  years  of  age  is 
eligible  for  membership. 

Purpose. — "  To  organize  the  boys  of  the  United  States  into 
units  and  to  systematically  teach  them  patriotism,  discipline, 
obedience,  courage,  self-reliance,  self-control,  gallantry,  cour- 
tesy, thrift,  usefulness,  helpfulness,  and  cheerfulness." 

War  tvork. — -Immediately  upon  the  declaration  of  war  the 
services  of  the  Boy  Scouts  vi^ere  offered  to  tlie  Government :  to 
the  Navy  to  assist  in  watching  tlie  coast;  to  the  Red  Cross  to 
secure  members  for  that  organization  and  to  make  bandages, 
etc. ;  to  the  Department,  of  Agriculture  to  help  increase  the  food 
supply.  The  slogan  "  Every  scout  to  feed  a  soldier  "  has  been 
adopted.  The  Boy  Scouts  have  also  undertaken  to  distribute 
12,000,000  circulars  directing  attention  to  the  Liberty  Loan. 

Publications. — For  matter  relating  to  the  war  service  of  the 
Boy  Scouts  see  Boys'  Life,  the  official  publication  of  the  organi- 
zation, issued  monthly  from  national  headquarters,  10  cents  a 
copy.    The  newspapers  devote  space  to  such  matters  also. 

14.  Boys'  Working  Reserve. 

See  United  States  Boys'  Working  Reserve.     (142) 

15.  Budget,  Great  Britain. 

Under  the  heading  "The  coming  budget"  The  Statist,  Lon- 
don,   for    MarcJi    81,    1917,    pages    532-538.    gives    "  Estimated 


UNITED   STATES  AT  WAK.  35 

expenditures  for  1917-18  and  1916-17,"  "  Great  Britain's 
revenue  and  expenditures,"  "  Great  Britain's  war  bill," 
"  Britisli  debt."  See  also  issues  of  April  5  and  May  7,  1917. 
The  Times,  Loudon,  May  3,  1917,  page  7,  column  5,  under 
tlie  heading  "  The  budget,"  outlines  the  new  taxes  and  revenues 
and  gives  a  statement  of  the  revenue  and  expenditure  for 
1917-18  taken  from  a  white  paper  just  issued.  The  statement 
of  Mr.  Bonar  Law,  the  chancellor  of  the  exchequer,  is  given  oa 
page  8,  columns  3-6,  and  page  10,  columns  1-2.  The  budget 
debate  is  summarized  in  the  issue  for  May  4,  1917,  page  10,  col- 
umns 1-4,  and  is  published  in  full  in  Parliamentary  Debates, 
May  2,  1917.  The  Statist,  May  5,  1917,  under  the  lieading  "  The 
budget,"  gives  a  statement  of  the  yearly  expenditures  1913- 
1918   (estimated). 

16.  Business  in  the  War. 

The  Nation's  Business,  published  by  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  the  United  States  of  America,  Riggs  Building,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  at  $2  per  year,  reflects  the  point  of  view  of  the 
business  man.  Recent  numbers  have  contained  articles  on 
"  Sugar,"  "  Railroads,"  "  Hotels,"  "  Shipping,"  "  Industrial  effi- 
ciency," "  Iron  and  steel,"  "  Wool,"  and  the  "  Monthly  survey 
of  the  Nation's  business." 

Business  in  every  conceivable  aspect  is  covered  by  "  Business 
digest,  a  current  digest  of  business  progress."  It  is  published 
by  the  Cumulative  Digest  Corporation,  241  West  Thirty-seventh 
Street,  New  York  City,  at  .$6  per  year,  or  $10  per  year  with 
quarterly  cunudation  issues  complete.  This  digests  about  50 
business,  financial,  and  economic  journals  under  an  alphabetical 
arrangement  of  subjects. 

17.  Catholics  and  the  War. 

The  Catholic  archbishops  of  the  United  States  have  pledged 
the  whole  church  organization  to  the  service  of  the  Govern- 
ment. See  article  including  letter  to  the  President  in  New 
York  Times,  April  20,  1917,  page  5,  columns  4-5. 

18.  Chemical  Industries. 

An  article  in  The  Annalist,  January  22,  1917,  page  146,  by 
T.  H.  Norton,  of  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Com- 
merce, with  the  title  "  Our  chemical  industries "  shows  the 
progress  made  toward  independence  of  foreign  products  aud 
utilization  of  waste. 

See  also  Dyestutfs  (39),  Platinum  (106),  Potash  (108). 


36  LIBEAEY    OF    CONGRESS. 

19.  Children  in  War. 

The  National  Child  Labor  Committee,  105  East  Twenty-second 
Street,  New  York  City,  is  directing  attention  to  the  need  for 
conservation  and  care  of  children.  It  has  published  the  three 
following  pamphlets : 

Pamphlet  276.  What  shall  we  do  for  ebiklren  in  time  of  war? 

Pamphlet  277.  A  war  measure:  Children  in  farm  work  and 
school  gardens. 

Pamphlet  278.  Safeguarding  childhood  in  peace  and  w^ar,  by 
Owen  R.  Lovejoy.     (In  press.) 

Copies  of  these  may  be  purchased  from  the  committee  at  $2..50 
per  100  for  the  first  two  and  5  cents  for  No.  278. 

See  also  an  article  in  the  New  Republic,  May  5,  1917,  page  10, 
"  Children  in  war,"  and  the  New  York  Times,  April  1.5,  1917, 
section  1,  page  4,  column  4. 

The  experience  of  England  will  be  found  in  the  Reports  of  the 
British  Health  of  Munitions  Workers  Committee,  and  in  Cecil 
Leeson's  "  The  child  and  the  war,"  being  notes  on  juvenile  de- 
linquency, London,  P.  S.  King;  1  shilling.. 

See  also  Bulletin  223  of  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  ""  Employment  of  women  and  juveniles  of  Great 
Britain  during  the  war,"  April,  1917. 

20.  Children,  France. 

The  American  Society  for  the  Relief  of  French  War  Orphans 
has  its  principal  office  at  120  Broadway,  New^  York,  to  w^hich 
office  inquiries  for  information  and  literature  should  be  directed. 

See  also  (11). 

21.  Children  of  America's  Army  of  Relief. 

Headquarters. — 142  Berkeley  Street,  Boston,  Mass.  General 
secretary,  Horace  G.  Turner. 

An  organization  whose  object  is  to  enlist  the  children  of 
America  for  the  relief  of  children  in  Avar-devastated  countries. 

22.  Churches  of  Christ  in  America,  Federal  Council  of  the. 

See  Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ  in  America. 
(49) 

23.  Civic  and  Educational  Cooperation,  Division  of. 

A  division  of  the  Committee  on  public  information  whose  duty 
it  is  to  use  existing  education  and  civic  agencies  to  stimulate 
public  opinion  concerning  the  issues  of  war  and  disseminate 
information  on  the  issues  at  stake.  See  Public  Information, 
Committee  on.     (112) 


UNITED  STATES  AT  WAR.  37 

24.  Coal. 

A  report,  dated  May  19,  1917,  on  the  coal  situation  has  been 
submitted  to  Congress  by  the  Federal  Trade  Commission.  It 
is  based  on  information  presented  liy  operators,  transportntion 
lines,  and  large  consumers*,  and  covers  the  f-auses  of  the  lack 
of  supply  and  high  prices,  inadequate  transportation  facilities, 
labor  conditions,  cost  of  production  and  distribution,  lack  of 
storage,  and  speculation.  Remedies  suggested  in  improved 
transportation  facilities,  labor  conditions,  storage  facilities, 
and  Government  regulation  of  distribution. 

The  i-eport  has  been  printed  as  Sixty-fifth  Congress,  first 
session,  House  Document  No.  152. 

Current  information  as  to  the  shipment  of  coal  is  given  In 
a  montldy  statement  puhlis'hed  in  the  daily  Commerce  Reports 
issued  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Commerce.     (27) 

25.  Coal  Production,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.  F.  S.  Pea- 
body,  chairman.     (35) 

26.  Columbia  War  Papers. 

A  series  of  pamphlets  on  tlie  problems  and  duties  of  American 
citizens   in   meeting  the   national   needs  in  the  present   world 
conflict,  published  by  the  Division  of  intelligence  and  publicity 
of  Columbia  University,   Walter  B.   Pitkin   and   Roscoe  C.   B. 
Brown,   editors.   Columbia   University,   New   York   City.     Sent 
free  to  libraries  ou  request. 
Series  I : 
No.    1.  Enlistment  for  the  farm.    By  John  Dewey.    A  mes- 
sage on  how  school  children  can  aid  the  Nation. 
No.    2.  German    subjects    within    our   gates.      By    the   Na- 
tional  Committee  on  Prisons  and  Prison  Labor. 
Some  notes  on  the  possibilities  of  internment. 
No.    3.  Mobilize  the  country-home  garden.    By  Roscoe  C.  B. 
Brown.      An    appeal    to    the   owners   of    c<mntry 
estates. 
No.    4.  Our  headline  policy.     By  Henry  Bedinger  Mitchell. 
An  appeal  to  the  press  to  recognize  in  their  news 
presentation  our  unity  with  our  allies. 
No.    5.  Deutsche   Reichsangehorige   hier   zu   Lande.      Vom 
Nationat-Ausschuss  fiir  Gefangnisse  und  Gefang- 
nisarbeit.     Bemerkungen  iiber  die  Moglichkeiten 
der  Internierung.     Zweisin-jichige  Ausgabe    (Eng- 
lisch  inid  Deutsche   von  Nummer  2  oben. 


38  LIBRAEY   OF   CONGRESS. 

No.  6.  Food  preparedness.  By  H.  R.  Seager  and  R.  E. 
Chaddock.  A  survey  of  the  basic  facts  in  llie 
for»d  situation. 

No.  7.  How  to  finance  tlie  war.  By  Edwin  R.  A.  Selig- 
man  and  Robert  Murray  Ilaig.  An  attempt  to 
construct  an  equitable  program  for  loans  and 
taxation. 

No.  8.  Farmers  and  speculators.  By  B.  M.  Anderson,  jr. 
A  discussion  of  prices  as  a  stimulant  to  produc- 
tion and  of  tlie  uses  of  speculation  in  war  finance. 

No.  9.  A  directory  of  service.  Compiled  under  the  direc- 
tion of  John  .J.  Coss.  Tells  how  and  where  to 
enlist  for  different  kinds  of  work  for  the  country. 

No.  10.  City  gardens.  By  Henry  Griscora  Parsons.  Prac- 
tical instructions  for  the  use  of  small  city  plots. 

No.  11.  Bread  bullets.  By  Roy  S.  INIacElwee.  Concerning 
agricultural  mobilization  in  the  United  States. 

No.  12.  Rural  education  in  war.  By  Wan-en  H.  Wilson. 
How  to  organize  high-school  boys  for  farm  work. 

No.  13.  Why  should  we  have  universal  military  service? 
Compiled  from  the  writings  of  Munroe  Smith, 
Franklin  H.  Giddings.  Frederic  L.  Huidekoper, 
and  Gen.  Emory  Upton. 

No.  14.  How  Canada  organized  her  man  power.  By  .T.  D. 
Sears. 

No.  15.  Wheat  substitutes.  By  Robert  E.  Chaddock,  Henry 
C.  Sherman,  Mary  D.  Schwartz  Rose  and  May  B. 
Van  Arsdale. 

No.  16.  The  House  revenue  bill.    By  Edwin  R.  A.  Seligman. 

27.  Commerce. 

Current  information  concerning  commerce,  regulations  on  im- 
portation and  exportation,  etc.,  will  be  found  in  the  daily  Com- 
merce Reports  published  by  the  United  States  Bureau  of 
Foreign  and  Domestic  Commerce,  Washington,  D.  C. 

This  publication  may  be  secured  by  subscription  ($2.50  per 
year)  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  Washington, 
D.  C.     (38) 

28.  Commerce,  Effect  of  War  upon. 

The  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Commerce  of  the  De- 
partment of  Commerce  publishes  Commerce  Reports,  a  daily 
paper  giving  consular  and  trade  reports.  Many  of  these  deal 
with  the  effect  of  the  war  upon  commerce  and  trade  in  the  vari- 
ous countries.     A  quarterly  index  to  the  reports  is  issued. 


UNITED  STATES   AT  WAR.  39 

Commerce  Reports  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent 
of  Documents  for  5  cents  a  single  number,  or  for  $2. HO  for  a 
year's  subscription.     (38) 

29.  Commerce,  Great  Britain. 

Under  the  heading  "  Our  foreign  trade "  Tiie  Stati.st  for 
January  27,  1917,  pages  140-142,  gives  a  comparative  statement 
of  the  "  Value  of  foreign  trade  of  the  United  Kingdom  in  1913 
and  1916." 

Under  the  same  heading  in  the  issue  for  February  10,  1917, 
pages  230-231,  there  is  a  statement  showing  "  Course  of  our 
foreign  trade  since  1900  in  value  and  quantity  "  with  "  Principal 
articles  imported." 

Current  information  concerning  the  commerce  and  trade  of 
Great  Britain  is  given  in  the  Board  of  Trade  Journal,  London. 

30.  Commercial  Economy  Board. 

A  board  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.  A.  W.  Shaw, 
chairman.     (35) 

31.  Cooperation,  Great  Britain. 

The  New  Statesman  (London)  has  published  a  number  of 
special  supplements  on  cooperative  associations  of  every  kind, 
chiefly  in  Great  Britain.  These  discuss  the  number  and  organi- 
zation of  such  societies  and  their  influence  in  controlling  pro- 
duction, distribution,  prices,  and  professional  services. 

The  first  report  on  "  Cooperative  production  and  profit  shar- 
ing "  appears  as  a  special  supplement  to  the  issue  of  The  New 
Statesman  of  February  14,  1914.  The  second  report  on  "  The 
cooperative  movement "  is  largely  devoted  to  consumers  asso- 
ciations in  Great  Britain  and  Germany  and  was  a  special  sup- 
plement to  the  issue  for  INIay  30,  1914.  The  third  report  was 
on  "  State  and  municipal  enterprise,"  and  appeared  with  the 
issue  for  May  8,  1915.  The  fourth  report  was  on  every  variety 
of  "  Professional  associations  "  and  was  published  in  two  parts 
as  special  supplements  to  the  issues  for  April  21  and  28,  1917. 

32.  Cooperative  Committees  on  Purchase  of  Army  Supplies  (United 

States  Chamber  of  Commerce). 
A  committee  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.     Harry  P. 
Fowler,  chairman.     (35) 

33.  Cost  of  Living. 

The  Federal  Trade  Commission  has  just  published  a  report, 
"  High  cost  of  living.  Conference  with  delegates  appointed  by 
governors   of   States   in   re   food   and   fuel   supply   and   price," 


40  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

whicli  may  bo  obtaiiu'd  by  libraries  on  ai>i)licati()n  to  the 
coiuniission. 

An  article  by  A.  B.  Adams,  ou  "  Inefficient  food  distribution," 
in  The  Annalist.  March  26,  1917,  page  431.  discusses  the 
influence  of  our  faulty  methods  of  distribution  on  the  cost  of 
living. 

The  Division  of  Bibliography,  Library  of  Congress,  published 
in  1910  a  "  Select  list  of  references  ou  cost  of  living  and 
prices,"  and  in  1912  a  supplementary  list  was  published.  These 
are  sent  free  to  libraries,  and  copies  are  for  sale  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Documents  for  15  cents  each.     (88  > 

34.  Cotton. 

The  following  publications  contain  the  current  statistics  of 
<'otton :  American  Wool  and  Cotton  Rejiorter.  Boston ;  Brad- 
street's,  New  York;  Dun's  Review.  New  York;  Kcononiist, 
London ;  and  the  New  York  Journal  of  Commerce. 

An  article  by  "W.  L.  Johnson  "  The  cotton  market  panic  pre- 
venter." in  The  Annalist,  February  12.  1917.  page  242.  describes 
the  influence  of  the  Clearing  Association  in  stabilizing  condi- 
tions and  preventing  gnmliling  and  failures. 

The  same  page  contains  a  statement  of  the  visil)]e  supply, 
followed  by  cotton  statistics  and  quotations. 

35.  Council  of  National  Defense. 

HearlQiiarters. — Munsey  Building,  Penn.sylvania  Aveime. 
Washington,  D.  O. 

Created  by  section  2  of  Army  appropriation  act  of  August 
29,  1916  (64th  Cong.,  public  act  242,  H.  R.  17498).  To  get  this 
act  see  (38). 

Membeeship  and  Organization. 

cou>\cil  of  national  defense. 

Secretary  of  War.  Newton   D.   Raker,   chaii-inan. 

Secretary  of  Navy.  .loscidms  Daniels. 

Secretary  of   Intorior,   Franklin  K.   Lane. 

Secretary  of  Agriculture.  David  F.  Houston. 

Secretary  of  Couunerce.  William  C.  Redfield. 

Secretary  of  liabor.  William  B.  Wilson. 
Director   of  council    and   advisoi-y   ronnnission,   Mr.   Walter   S. 

Gifford. 
Secretary    of   <-onncii    and    advisoi-y    coniniission.    Grosvenor   B. 
Clarkson. 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  41 

Sections  aud  boards  of  council  : 

Aircraft  production  l)oar<l.  Howard  K.  (Jolliii,  cliairinan. 
Munitions  staadards  board,  Frank  A.  Scott,  chairman. 

Suliconimittee  on  Anii.v  and  Xavy  :irtillci\ .  S.  M.  N'aii- 

claiu,  chairman. 
Subconnnittee   on   Army    and   Navy    projectiles,    II.    W. 

Van  Dervoort,  chairman. 
.Subcommittee  on    fuses   and   detonators.    K.   A.   Deeds, 

chairman. 
Subcommittee  on  gauge.s,  dies,  etc.,  F.  (,'.  I'ratt,  chair- 
man. 
Subconnniltcc  on  opiiciil  jnstruiiicnts,  I"'.  A.  Scott,  chair- 
man. 
Suhconnnittee    on    small    arms    and    nunutions,    J.    E. 
Otterson,  chairman. 
General  munitions  board,  Franl<  A.  Scott,  cliairman. 

Suhconnnittee  on  price  problems,  Frank  A.  Scott,  chair- 
man. 
Suhconnnittee  on  ai'uiored  cars,  Col.  .7.  H.  Rice,  chair- 
ma  n. 
Subcommittee  on  Army  vehicles,  William  P>utter\vorth, 

chairman. 
Suhconnnittee    on     emergency     construction    jtnd     con- 
tracts. W.  A.  Starrett,  chairman. 
Subcommittee    on    machine    guns,    B.    W.    M.    Hanson, 

chairman. 
Subcommittee   on    optical    glass,    Dr.    R.    A.    Millikan, 

chairman. 
Subcommittee  on   ]u-iority.   Gen.  J.  B.   Aleshire,   chair- 
man. 
Subcommittee  on  storage  facilities,  M.  L.  Cook,  chair- 
man. 
Subcooperative      connnittee — Defense      committee      of 
American   Institute   of   Accountants,   E.    S.    Suffern, 
chairman. 
Commercial  economy  board,  A,  W.  Shaw,  chairman. 
Interdepartmental  advisory  committee: 
Committee  on  shipping,  William  Denman,  chairman. 
Committee  on   women's  defense  work.   Dr.   Anna   Howard 

Shaw,  chairman. 
Committee  on  coal  production,  F.  S.  Peabody,  chairman. 
Section  of  cooperation  with  States,  George  F.  Porter,  chair- 
man. 

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42  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

Advisory  commission,  noiiiinated  ))y  couueil,  appointed  by  the 
President  : 

Daniel  Willard,  chairman. 
Howard  E.  CoflBn. 
Dr.  Hollis  Godfrey. 
Julius  Rosenwald. 
Bernard  31.  Baruch. 
Samuel  Gompers. 
Dr.  Franklin  H.  Martin. 
Committees  and  cooperative  committees  of  the  advisory  com- 
mission : 

Transportation  and  comnninication.  Daniel  Willard.  chair- 
man. 

Telegraplis  and  telephones,  Theodore  N.  Vail,  chainnan. 
Railroad  trans])ortation,  Fairfax  Harrison,  chairman. 
Siibconmiittee  on  car  service,  C.  M.  Sheaffer,  chair- 
man. 
Subcommitree  on  express.  D.  S.  Elliott,  chairman. 
Subcommittee    on    military    equipment    standards, 

J.  T.  Wallis,  chairman. 
Subcommittee  on  military  transportation  account- 
ing. A.  H.  Plant,  chairman. 
Subcommittee  on  military  passenger  tariffs,  E.  L. 

Bevington,  chairman. 
Subconnnittee  on  military  freight  tariffs,  L.  Green, 

chairman. 
Subcommittee   on    materials   and    supplies,    H.   B. 
Spencer,  chairman. 
Cars,  S.  M.  Vauclain,  chairman. 
Locomotives,  S.  i\f.  Vauclain,  chairman. 
Electric  railroad  transportation,  Gen.  George  H.  Har- 
ries, chairman. 
Munitions,  Howard  E.  Coffin,  chairman. 

Automotive   transport,   Karl    W.   Zimmerschied,   chair- 
man. 
Gas  and  electric  service,  John  W.  Lieb,  chairman. 
National  industrial  conference  board,   L.   A.   Osborne, 
chairman. 
Engineering  and  education.  Dr.  Hollis  Godfrey,  chairman. 
Subcommittee  on  general  engineering.  Dr.  Hollis  God- 
frey, chairman. 
Subcommittee    on    production    engineering.    Dr.    Hollis 
Godfrey,  chairman. 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR.  43 

Committees   ami   (•()<ii)erativ('   coinmit tecs   <>f   the   advisory   (.•oin- 
mission — Coiitimied. 

Engineerini:  ami  ('(hication,  etc. — Continued. 

SubcMJimiiittee  on  universities  and  c-olle<^es,   r>i-.   II<iilis 

Godfrey,  chairman. 
Subcommittee  on   secondary    and    normal    schools.    Dr. 
HoUis  Godfrey,  chairman. 
Supplies,  Julius  Ro.senwald,  chairman. 

Cotton  goods,  Lincoln  Grant,  chairman. 
Woolen  manufacturers,  John  P.  Wood,  chairman. 
Shoe  and  leather  industries,  J.  F.  McElwaln,  chairman. 
Knit  jroods,  Lincoln  Cromwell,  chairman. 
Raw  materials,  Bernard  M.  Baruch.  chairman. 
Alcohol,  Horatio  S.  Rubens,  chairman. 
Aluminum,  Arthur  V.  Davis,  chairman. 
Asbestos,  magnesia,  and  roofing.  Thomas   F.   .Manville, 

chairman. 
Brass,  Charles  F.  Brooker,  chairman. 
Cement,  John  E.  IMorron,  chairman. 
Chemicals,  Dr.  William  H.  Nichols,  chairman. 
Acids,  H.  R.  Grasselli.  chairman. 
Alkalies,  J.  D.  Pennock,  cliairman. 
Coal  tar  by-products.  William  H.  Childs.  chairman. 
Electro  chemicals,  J.  J.  Riker.  chairman. 
Fertilizers,  Horace  Bowker,  chairman. 
Miscellaneous  chemicals,  Edward  Mallinckrodt,  jr.. 

chaii-man. 
Pyrites.  A.  1>.  Ledoux.  chairman. 
Sulphur,  Henry  Whilon,  chairman. 
Copper,  John  D.  Ryan,  chairman. 
Lead,  Clinton  H.  Crane,  chainnan. 
Lumber.  R.  H.  Downman.  chairman. 
Mica,  L.  W.  Kingsley,  chairman. 
Nickel,  Ambrose  Monell,  chairman. 
Oil,  A.  C.  Bedford,  chairman. 
Rubber,  H.  Stuart  Hotchkiss.  chairman. 
Steel  and  .steel  products,  Elbert  H.  Gary,  chairman. 
Alloys.  .Tnmes  A.  Farrell.  chairman. 
Pig  tin,  John  Hughes,  chairman. 
Sheet  steel.  W.  S.  Horner,  chairman. 
Steel  distribution.  James  A.  Farrell,  chairman. 
Scrap  iron,  Eli  Joseph,  chairman. 
Ferro-manganese.  Arthur  A.  Fowler,  chairman. 
Tubular  products.  James  A.  Campbell,  chairman. 


44  LIBRARY  OF   CONGRESS. 

Committees  and  cooperative  committees  of  tlie  advisory  com- 
mission— Continued. 
Raw  materials — Steel  and  steel  products — Continued. 
Tin  plate,  J.  I.  Andrews,  chairman. 
Pig  iron,  Iron  ore,  and  lake  transportation,  H.  G. 
Dalton,  chairman. 
Wool,  Jacob  F.  Brown,  chairman. 
Zinc,  Edgar  Palmer,  chairman. 
Labor,  Samuel  Gompers,  chairman. 

Wages  and  hours,  P^rank  Morrison,  chairman. 
Mediation  and  conciliation,  V.  Everit  Macy,  chairman. 
Welfare  work,  L.  A.  Coolidge,  chairman. 

Industrial  safety,  L.  R.  Palmer,  chairman. 
Sanitation,  Dr.  William  A.  Evans,  chairman. 
Dust  and  fumes.  Col.  Levels  T.  Bryant,  chairman. 
Lighting,  L.  B.  Marks,  chairman. 
Structural  safety,  Robert  D.  Kohu,  chairman. 
Fatigue.  Dr.  Thomas  Darlington,  chairman. 
Public  education  in  health  matters.  Dr.  Alvah  H. 

Doty,  chairman. 
Vocational  education,  H.  E.  Miles,  chairman. 
Women  in  industry,  Mrs.  J.  Borden  Harriman,  chair- 
man. 
Information     and     statistics,     Frederick    L.     Hoffman, 

chairman. 
Press,  Grant  Hamilton,  chairman. 
Publicity,  Dr.  Edward  T.  Devine,  chairman. 
Cost  of  living,  domestic  economy.  S.  Thurston  Ballard, 
chairman. 
Medicine  and  .^urgeiy.  Dr.  Franklin  H.  Martin,  chairman. 
General  medical  board.  Dr.  Franklin  H.  Martin,  chair- 
man. 
Cooperative  connnittee  of  manufacturers. 
Standardization  of  medical  and  surgical  supplies  and 
equipment.  Dr.  Frank  F.  Simpson,  chairman. 
Function. — To  coordinate  the  industries  and  resources  for  the 
national    security    and    welfare,   by   investigations   resulting   in 
recommendations  to  the  President  and  heads  of  the  executive 
departments,  concerning  railroads,  waterways,  and  other  means 
of  transporting  troops  and  supplies,   the  increase  of  domestic 
production  of  needed  supplies,  development  of  seagoing  trans- 
portation, and  the  gathering  and  dissemination  of  information 
concerning  these  matters. 

A2)iJ7'opriations.—:)f,200,000  to  carry  on  investigations  by  spe- 
cially engaged  experts. 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR.  45 

Publications. — Has  not  issued  any  piiljlk-atioiis  (June  1)  ex- 
cepting certain  press  noti<'es  duly  printed  in  the  newspapers, 
and  a  six-page  pamphlet,  "  Information  regarding  correl!ite<l 
activities  of  Council  of  National  Defense  and  Advisory  commis- 
sion, medical  dei)artnients  of  (Government  and  (Committee  of 
American  physicians  for  medical  preparedness."  Sent  free  to 
libraries.  Act  provides  for  special  reports  and  an  annual  report 
to  Congress. 

References. — Set  articles  in  Engineering  Magazine,  Septem- 
ber, 1916,  descriptive  of  the  work  of  the  Committee  on  in«lus- 
trial  preparedness  of  the  Naval  Consulting  Board,  which  led  to 
the  formation  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense ;  World's 
Work,  April,  1917,  descriptive,  including  outline  of  problems  to 
be  met ;  Iron  Trade  Review,  January  11,  1917,  historical  and 
descriptive,  touches  on  work  of  related  organizations ;  Survey, 
March  17,  1917,  historical  and  descriptive,  with  comment  on 
future  effect;  Everybody's  Magazine,  June,  1917,  contains  an 
article,  "The  sweat  of  war,'"  liy  (Jeorge  Creel,  which  deals  with 
the  work  of  the  council.  In  the  (':;ongressi()nal  Record  for  June 
8,  1917,  pages  3502-3507  there  is  a  complete  statement  of  the 
personnel  of  all  the  connnittees  and  subcommittees.  This  has 
been  revised  and  printed  separately  and  may  be  had  on  appli- 
cation to  the  council. 

The  work  of  the  council  has  been  made  the  subject  of  a  hear- 
ing before  the  subconnnittee  of  the  House  Committee  on  Appro- 
priations. This  has  been  printed  but  may  be  obtained  only 
through  a  Member  of  Congress. 

36.  Crops,  Statistics. 

The  Monthly  Crop  Report,  distributed  free  by  the  Department 
of  Agriculture,  contains  statistics  on  acreage,  conditions,  yield, 
and  prices,  including  fruits  and  live  stock ;  gives  also  some  index 
figures. 

A  statistical  discussion  of  crop  statistics  is  found  in  the  An- 
nalist, March  5,  1917,  page  332,  entitled  "  Poor  crops  in  league 
with  war,"  and  includes  a  diagram  "  Long-range  comparison  of 
Dun's  Index  of  Food  and  Connnodity  Prices." 

See  also  (5). 

37.  Diplomatic  Relations  and  Correspondence. 

Official  prints  of  diplomatic  correspondence  relating  to  the 
war  are  issued  from  time  to  time  by  the  Department  of  State. 
W^hen  a  sufficient  number  of  these  have  been  issuivl  to  form  a 
volume,  the  separate  items  are  compiled  into  a  consolidated 
volume  and  issued  under  the  title  "  Diplomatic  correspondence 


46  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

with  belligerent  Governments  relating  to  neutral  rights  and 
commerce."  The  separate  prints  are  not  for  general  distribu- 
tion, but  the  compilations  may  be  purchased  from  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Documents  (No.  1,  50  cents;  Xo.  2,  75  cents;  No.  3, 
$1).     (38) 

(a)  The  first  number,  printed  and  distributed  May  27,  1915, 
covers  the  correspondence  from  the  beginning  of  the  war  and 
contains  the  correspondence  of  the  belligerent  Governments  on 
their  attitude  to  the  provisions  of  the  Declaration  of  London  as 
applied  to  naval  warfare;  papers  relating  to  articles  listed  as 
contraband  of  war  by  Great  Britain.  France,  Russia,  Germany, 
Austria-Hungary,  and  Turkey;  cori-espondence  (Dec.  26,  1914,  to 
May  13,  1915)  relating  to  restraints  on  commerce;  foodstuffs 
cargo  of  the  American  ship  Wilhelmina  in  British  prize  court ; 
and  the  beginning  of  the  correspondence   (Mar.  31  to  Apr.  28, 

1915)  with  Germany  on  the  destruction  of  the  American  mer- 
chantman William  P.  Frye  by  the  German  cruiser  Prinz  Eitel 
Friedrich. 

(&)  European  war  No.  2,  printed  and  distributed  October  21, 

1915,  contains  the  President's  proclamations  of  neutrality;  cor- 
respondence relating  to  violation  of  neutrality,  Panama  Canal ; 
violations  of  neutrality  by  belligerent  warships ;  defensive  arma- 
ment and  the  right  of  departure  from  neutral  ports  of  belliger- 
ent merchant  ships  to  arm  at  sea ;  internment  of  the  German 
ships  Geier  and  Locksun;  correspondence  between  Secretary  of 
State  and  the  chairman  of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Foreign 
Relations  on  questions  relating  to  neutrality ;  transmission  of 
mail  of  American  diplomatic  and  consular  officers ;  censorship  of 
telegrams  transmitted  by  cable  and  wireless ;  Belgian  relief ; 
attempt  of  German  ship  Odenwald  to  sail  without  clearance 
papers ;  detention  by  Great  Britain  of  the  American  merchant 
ship  Seguranca  and  steamship  Wico;  internment  of  the  German 
ship  Prinz  Eitel  Friedrich,  the  German  cruiser  Kronprinz  Wil- 
helm,  and  the  German  prize  ship  Farn;  detention  of  August 
Piepenbrink  ;  noncontraband  character  of  hydroaeroplanes ;  dual 
nationality  of  Ugo  Da  Prato ;  circular  instructions  and  corre- 
spondence relating  to  the  issuing  of  passports ;  correspondence 
(May  28  to  July  31,  1915)  relating  to  restraints  on  commerce; 
destruction  of  American  merchantman  William  P.  Frye  (June  7 
to  Aug.  10,  1915)  ;  and  correspondence  with  Austria-Hungary  on 
the  sale  of  munitions  of  war  to  belligerents. 

(c)   European  war.  No.  3,  printed  and  distributed  August  12, 

1916,  contains  in  addition  to  the  papers  (June  3,  1915-May  10, 

1916)  relating  to  British  restraints  on  commerce,  papers  re- 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  47 

latiiig  to  British  contraband  lists ;  case  of  the  American  steam- 
ship Joseph  ir.  Fordncy  in  British  prize  court ;  correspondence 
concerning  hovering  of  Britisli  warships  near  the  territorial 
waters  of  tlie  United  States;  interferences  by  belll;^erents  with 
mails;  correspondence  with  belligerent  govMrinnents  reganllng 
submarine  interferences  with  commercial  vessels  and  regard 
ing  the  status  of  armed  merchantmen ;  case  of  the  British 
steamship  Arabic  torpedoed  by  a  German  submarine;  de- 
struction of  American  steamship  LceUnuiic  by  a  German  sub- 
marine; papers  relating  to  the  torpedoing  of  the  steamship 
Sussex;  additional  correspondence  (Sept.  2()-Dec.  2,  1915)  on 
destruction  of  American  nierchantnuin  Willidiii  P.  Fryc;  recall 
of  Dr.  Constantin  Theodor  Duniba,  Austro-Hungarian  amba.s.sa- 
dor  at  Washington ;  recall  of  Capt.  Von  Papen,  military  attach^ 
and  Capt.  Boy-Ed,  naval  attach^,  of  the  German  embassy  at 
Washington ;  case  of  the  British  steamship  Appam,  captux'ed  by 
German  naval  forces  and  brought  by  a  prize  crew  into  an  Ameri- 
can port ;  escape  of  officers  and  men  from  German  ships  interned 
in  the  Uniteil  States ;  status  of  American  consular  officers  in 
belligerent  territory  occupied  by  enemy  troops ;  and  the  papers 
relating  to  the  dual  nationality  case  of  Frank  Ghiloni. 

(d)  On  Octolier  10.  1916,  the  Department  of  State  printed  for 
distribution  the  papei's  on  attitude  of  the  United  States  as  to  the 
status  of  belligerent  submarines  in  neutral  waters. 

(e)  On  April  4,  1917,  the  Department  of  State  printed  for 
distribution  the  papers  relating  to  maritime  danger  zones  and 
the  placing  l)y  belligerents  of  mines  in  the  high  seas. 

(/)  The  diplomatic  correspondence  noted  above  {a  to  c)  has 
also  been  published  by  the  American  So<'iety  of  International 
Law,  as  special  supplements  to  the  American  .Tournal  of  Inter- 
national Law,  July.  191;".  and  October.  1916.  These  can  be 
purchased  from  the  publishers.  Baker.  Voorhis  &  ('o.,  New  York, 
for  $1.25  each. 

(g)  Attention  should  also  be  directed  to  a  document  by  S.  D. 
Fess  on  "  The  problems  of  neutrality  when  the  world  is  at  war ; 
a  hi.story  of  our  relations  with  Germany  and  Great  Britain  as 
detailed  in  the  documents  that  passed  between  the  United  States 
and  the  two  great  belligerent  powers."  This  is  issued  in  two 
parts :  Part  1.  The  submarine  controversy  ;  Part  2.  Restraints 
of  trade  controversy.  This  is  printed  as  House  Document  No. 
2111,  Sixty-fourth  Congress,  second  session,  and  can  be  pur- 
chased from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  15  cents 
each.     (38) 


48  LIBRARY   OF    CONGRESS. 

On  the  (liploniatif  history  of  the  war,  see — 

Beck,  James  T.     The  evidence  in  the  case.     1914. 
Billiard.  A!    The  diplomacy  of  the  great  war.    1916. 
Price,  M.  P.    The  diplomatic  history  of  the  war.     1914. 
Stowell,  E.  C.    The  diplomacy  of  the  war  of  1914.    Vol.  1, 
191.5. 
The  documents  have  been  issued  by   the  respective  Govern- 
ments and  are  also  available  in  collected  form  in  J.  B.  Scott's 
"  Diplomatic  Documents  Relating  to  the  Outbreak  of  the  Euro- 
pean War  "  ;  two  volumes,  Oxford,  1916,  $5.    The  American  Asso- 
ciation for  International  Conciliation  has  published  a  series  of 
pamphlets,  "  Documents  regarding  the  European  War,"  which 
may  be  secured  by  libraries  on  application  to  the  office  of  the 
as.sociation,   407   West   One   Hundred   and   seventeenth    Street, 
New  York  City.  • 

See  also  Cramb.  .1.  A.     Germany  and  England.     1914. 
Weyl,  W.  E.     American  world  policies.     1917. 

38.   Documents,  Superintendent  ot. 

The  Superintendent  of  Documents  at  Washington  is  the  official 
with  whom  rests  the  distribution  and  sale  of  Government  pub- 
lications not  otherwise  provided  for  by  law.  He  does  not  han- 
dle publications  which  are  not  Government  documents.  In  mak- 
ing remittances  to  him  in  payment  for  documents  send  a  postal 
money  order,  express  order.  New  York  draft,  or  coupons.  Cur- 
rency may  be  sent  at  the  sender's  risk.  Do  not  send  postage 
stamps ;  he  can  not  use  them.  Being  a  Government  official,  he 
uses  the  frank  in  sending  material  through  the  mail.  He  can 
not  turn  the  stamps  in  to  the  post  office,  because  for  sanitary 
reasons  stamps  once  sold  are  not  sold  again.  The  coupons  men- 
tioned above  may  be  purchased  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Documents  in  sets  of  20  for  $1,  good  until  used.  They  form  a 
convenient  and  safe  method  of  making  remittances  to  those  who 
have  frequent  occasion  to  send  small  amounts. 

The  Superintendent  of  Documents  issues  a  number  of  price 
lists  free  on  application.  The  following  are  of  interest  in  the 
present  crisis : 

11.  Foods  and  Cooking.  4.5.  Roads. 

16.  Farmers'  Bulletins.  51.  Health,  disease,  etc. 

19.  Army  and  militia.  62.  Commerce  and  manufactures. 

25.  Transportation.  63.  Navy. 

28.  Finance.  65.  Foreign  relations. 

33.  Labor.  67.  Immigration. 

38.  Animal  Industry.  68.  Farm  management. 


UNITED   STATES   AT    WAR.  49 

He  !ils(»  piihlislif's  m  Alontlily  (•:ilal<i;_'iic  of  riiilt'il  StaU's 
(locuiiienls  (•(tvcriii.u-  all  (lovci'iiiiieiit  piiitiicatiitiis.  Suhsfriiiliuii, 
$1.10  JHM-  year.  iiicliKliiifi  index. 

The  LAWS  of  Ilie  I'liiled  Sl.iles  afe  printed  ;'.<  soon  as  po.s- 
sible  at'ler  llieir  approval  liy  I  lie  I'resjdent  .nnd  dislrihwled  to 
siiljscfilx'fs  l)y  tlie  Siipefintendenl  of  1  >o<-uinents.  Siiijile  laws, 
unless  mnisiially  Ioiil;.  are  .">  cents  pef  copy.  SiiUscript Ions  for 
laws  itassed  at  each  session  of  < 'on^ress.  .$1.  'I'ln*  sejtarale  laws 
in  the  tifst  form  in  wiiicli  they  are  jirinted  are  known  as  "slii) 
laws":  a  collection  of  all  the  laws  for  a  sinj^le  session  of  Coii- 
f^ress  are  known  as  "  session  laws." 

At  the  chtse  of  the  final  session  of  each  Congress  the  '"session 
laws"  are  reedited,  their  indexes  consolidated  and  i»iihlislied  in 
Ixiiind  volumes  under  the  title  "  Statutes  at  Lar^^e."'  the  price  of 
these  Viiries  from  $2  to  .$8.2o,  dependin.y  ui)on  the  size. 

COXCJUESSIONAL    RKCOUl)    will    he    furnislied    hy    mail    to 
subscribers  free  of  posta.sje  f<»r  Jfl..")!)  ))er  month,  payable  in  ad- 
vance: single  coi)ies  of  24  i)ai;«>s  or  less,  ."{  cents  each  ;  each  ad<li- 
tional  S  i)aiies,  1   cent  extra. 
39.   Dyestuffs. 

Tlie  cuttin;;'  off  of  lOurope.in  sources  of  dyestuffs  has  stimu- 
lated acti\ilies  in  the  I'ldled  States  botli  Lroverinnental  and 
private. 

The  IVitartment  of  Commerce  has  published  tliree  monojrraphs 
on  dyestuffs  prepared  by  Thomas  l\.  Norton,  commercial  agent 
of  the  department,  ••l>yeslulT  Situniioii  in  the  Fnited  States 
November.  lOl.")."  ".Viiificia!  Dyestuffs  Fsed  in  the  I'nited 
States:  (^unmiiy  and  value  of  foreign  imports  and  of  domestic 
l)roduction  during  the  fiscal  year  lDlM-14."  and  "  Dyestuffs  for 
American  Textile  and  Other  Industries"  (gives  a  history  of  the 
(ierman  coal-tar  dye  industry  and  shows  what  may  be  done  in 
America  along  similar  lines).  These  may  i)e  obtained  from  the 
Superintendent  of  Dociiments  foi-  .".  :!().  and  Id  cents,  re.sjjec- 
tively.      (38) 

The  .same  department  has  prepared  under  the  title  "Aniline 
Coloi-  Industry  "  information  relating  to  tlie  sui)ply  of  dyestuffs 
for  American  textile  and  other  industries.  This  was  printed  for 
the  use  of  Members  of  Congress  as  Senate  Document  952  (63d 
Cong.,  3d  sess.).  and  may  be  obtained  only  through  a  Member  of 
Congress. 

40.  Economic  Conference  of  the  Allies. 

A  conference  of  the  entente  allies  for  discussion  of  economic 
and  commercial  questions  was  held  in  Paris  April  20,  1916.     The 
1027.S4— 17 7 


50  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS. 

principal  topic  of  discussion  was  tlie  mutual  exchange  of  com- 
modities under  a  tariff  system  favorable  to  the  allied  nations. 

From  June  14  to  17,  1916,  the  economic  conference  of  the 
allies  held  sessions  in  Paris,  at  which  a  permanent  economic 
committee  was  formed.  The  recommendations  adopted  by  the 
conference  were  divided  into  three  periods  consisting  of:  A. 
Measures  during  the  war;  B.  Transitory  measures  for  the 
period  of  connnercial,  industrial,  agricultural,  and  maritime  i-e- 
construction  of  the  allied  countries ;  and  C.  Permanent  measures 
of  mutual  assistance  and  collaboration  among  the  allies.  These 
recommendations  have  been  published  by  Great  Britain  Board 
of  Trade  as  Great  Britain  Parliament  Papers  by  command  (Cd. 
8271).  They  are  also  printed  in  The  Statist  (London)  for 
June  24,  1916,  and  in  the  Information  Annual,  1916,  pages  6  to  7. 
The  recommendations,  with  comments,  were  published  in  Harold 
Storey's  "  The  Paris  Conference  and  the  Trade  After  the  War," 
London,  1916.  They  were  also  discussed  in  an  article  "A  com- 
mercial league  of  defense,"  published  in  the  July,  1916,  issue  of 
the  Edinburgh  Review.  A  series  of  articles  by  P.  Sinceny  on 
the  economic  entente  of  the  allies  was  printed  in  the  Reforme 
Economique,  Paris,  March  24,  April  7  and  21,  1916.  An  article 
by  J.  A.  R.  Marriott  on  "  Mitteleuropa  and  the  meaning  of  the 
Paris  pact "  is  published  in  the  Nineteenth  Century  and  After 
for  November,  1916.  See  also  an  article  on  the  "  Fruits  of  the 
Paris  conference "  in  The  Annalist  for  July  17,  1916,  p.  75. 
"  European  Economic  Alliances,"  a  compilation  of  information 
on  international  commercial  policies  after  the  European  war  and 
their  efEect  upon  the  foreign  trade  of  the  United  States,  also  an 
analysis  of  European  and  united  commercial  interdependence 
and  treaty  relations.  Published  by  the  National  Foreign  Trade 
Council,  India  House,  Hanover  Square,  New  York  City. 

41.  Education,  Bureau  of. 

The  Bureau  of  Education  has  published  a  circular  dated  May 
8,  1917,  on  the  work  of  American  colleges  and  universities  dur- 
ing the  war.     Sent  free  to  libraries. 

The  bureau  is  also  issuing  a  series  of  Home  Economics  Letters, 
of  which  No.  22  has  just  appeared.  It  outlines  "A  brief  course 
in  food  economy  for  colleges,"  etc.,  making  abundant  use  of 
references  to  publications  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 
These  and  other  letters  of  importance  in  connection  with  the 
schools  and  the  war  are  also  sent  free  to  libraries. 

42.  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation,  United  States  Shipping  Board. 
Headquarters. — Munsey  building,  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  , 


UNITED  STATES   AT   WAR.  51 

On  April  17,  1917,  the  United  States  Sliipping  P.oard  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  District  of  Columbia  the  United 
States  Shipping  Board  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $50,000,000,  the  total  amount  which  Congress 
authorized  for  new  ships.  The  chairman  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees is  Maj.  Gen.  George  W.  Goethals. 
Emergency  Legislation. 

See  War  legislation  (145-151). 

43.  Engineers,  Military  Books  for. 

The  Engineering  and  Mining  Journal  for  May  12.  1917,  con- 
tains a  list  of  books  stated  to  have  the  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  It  consists  of  62  items  under  the  headings  "  Military 
policy,"  "  Conduct  of  war,"  "  Military  history,"  "  Permanent 
fortifications,"  "  Field  engineering,"  "  Periodicals." 

See  also  (88). 

44.  Exchange  Rates. 

An  article  on  the  "  Depreciation  of  exchanges,  1915  and  1916  " 
was  printed  in  The  Statist,  London,  for  .January  6,  1917,  pages 
18-19.  It  gives  the  rates  with  illustrative  diagram  from  .Tanuary, 
1915,  to  December,  1916.  between  New  York  and  London,  Paris, 
Rome,  and  Berlin. 

45.  Exports,  Statistics  of. 

Statistics  of  exports  from  the  United  States  to  foreign  coun- 
tries are  to  be  found  in  the  following  publications  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Commerce: 

Foreign  Commerce  and  Navigation  of  the  United  States,  issued 
annually.  This  is  a  complete  report  of  exports  and  imports  of 
the  United  States,  both  merchandise  and  gold  and  silver.  It 
also  contains  a  record  of  the  number  of  and  tonnage  of  vessels 
entered  and  cleared  in  the  foreign  trade.  It  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  $1.     (38) 

Parts  of  Foreign  Commerce  and  Navigation  are  issued  sepa- 
rately, as  follows: 

Table  5.  Exports  ot  Domestic  IMerchandise  from  the  United 
States  by  Articles  and  Countries  (5-year  tables).  It  may  be 
obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  35  cents. 
(38) 

Monthly  Summary  of  the  Foreign  Commerce  of  the  Unite<l 
States.  This  covers  the  same  ground  for  one  month  that  Foreigh 
Commerce  and  Navigation  covers  for  the  year.  It  may  be  ob- 
tained from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents.  Single  copies,  15 
cents;  yearly  subscription.  $1.50.     (38) 


52  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

St.itistical  Abstract  of  the  United  States.  A  section  is  <levote(l 
to  the  foreign  commerce  of  the  United  States,  based  on  tlie  For- 
eign ('onnnerce  and  Navigation  of  the  United  States.  It  may  be 
obtained  from  tlie  Sni»erintendent  of  Docnments  for  oO  cents. 
(38) 

Trade  of  the  United  States  with  the  World.  1914-15.  Imports 
and  exports  of  merchandise  into  and  from  the  United  States  by 
countries  and  principal  articles  during  the  years  ending  .Tune  30. 
1914  and  191.5.  It  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Documents  for  L*0  cents.     (88) 

Bulletin  of  Exports  of  Domestic  Breadstuffs,  Meats  and  Dairy 
Products.  Food  Animals.  Cotton  and  Mineral  Oils.  This  is  issued 
monthly  and  may  be  obtained  from  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and 
Domestic  Commerce,  Department  of  Commerce,  upon  request. 

Total  Values  of  Imports  and  Exports  of  tlie  Unitetl  States. 
This  is  a  monthly  statement,  and  may  be  obtained  from  the 
Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Connnerce.  Department  of  Com- 
merce, upon  request. 

An  article,  "  High  i)i'ices  swell  export  values,"  The  Annalist, 
February  26.  1917.  page  803.  shows  the  influence  of  high  prices 
in  expanding  export  statistics. 

46.  External  Communications,  Division  of. 

.\  division  of  the  Connnittee  on  public  information,  whose'duty 
it  is  to  (■oii.--or  cables  ;ind  watch  the  Mexican  border.  See  Public 
ini'ormal  loll,  coniiiiirtce  nii.      (112) 

47.  Farm  Labor. 

The  I>eparIuH'nr  of  .Xgriculture  and  the  Depai'tnient  of  Labor 
will  act  in  cooperation  through  a  .Joint  labor  connnittee  of  the 
Departments  of  Agriculture  and  Labor  to  prociire  and  send  city 
workers  to  the  farms.  The  Ignited  States  employment  service 
will  be  used  for  this  work.  See  Official  Bulletin,  No.  4,  May  14, 
1917.  page  8.     (104) 

The  Itural  New  Yorker  in  its  current  issues  is  devoting  much 
space  to  farm  labor.  In  the  issue  for  April_^28,  1917,  page  623.  is 
an  article  on  •'  The  patriotic  agricultural  service  commission  " 
appointed  by  Gov.  Whitman,  its  organization,  and  the  names 
and  addresses  of  the  county  agents. 

The  Annalist.  May  7,  1917.  page  624,  has  an  article  "  Finding 
lf}bor  for  work  on  the  farms,"  describing  the  enrollment  of  fac- 
tory employees  in  large  cities  for  vacation  service  with  pay. 

48.  Federal  Commission  on  Training  Camp  Activities. 

See  Training  camj)  activities.  Federal  commission  on.      (139) 


UNITED   STATES  AT  WAR.  53 

49.  Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ  in  America. 
Hcadquiirtcrn. — 011-filL'   United  Cliarides   r.iiilrlin-    l(i:{   Ksist 

Twenty-second  Street,  New  York  City. 

The  WashiiiKton  ofTir-e  of  the  Federal  Council  and  Iteliuious 
Welfare  League  of  the  Army  and  Navy  is  1112  Woodward 
Buildinj;:.  corner  i'Mfteeiitli  and  H  Streets  Northwest,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

This  organization  had  its  origin  ai)oul  1005  in  a  ni(ivenient  to 
bring  the  Christian  bodies  of  America  into  united  service  and 
cooperation. 

A  special  meeting  was  held  in  Washington  May  8-9.  1917  (see 
The  Churchman,  May  19.  1917.  ii.  r)7<)-r)S(»),  at  which  was  pre- 
sented a  message  on  the  "  Duty  of  the  Church  in  this  hour  of 
national  need,"  and  which  was  sent  to  all  the  clergymen  in  its 
constituency  (100,000).  It  is  .summarized  in  The  Churchman 
mentioned  above.  Announcement  was  also  made  of  a  handbook 
in  press  entitled  "The  churches  in  time  of  war"  (50  cents). 
Besides  giving  suggestions  regarding  specific  methods  by  w-hich 
the  churches  may  aid  the  (Jovernment  during  the  war,  it  treats 
such  subjects  as  "  Red  Cross  and  European  relief,"  "  Works  of 
mercy,"  "  The  social  evil,"  "  Child  welfare,"  "  Food  economy," 
"  Industrial  standards,"  "  Justice  in  bearing  the  costs,"  "  Pre- 
servation of  democracy."  "  National  vitality,"  "  Community 
leadership,"  "  Army  and  Navy  chaplains  and  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association."  "  Love  of  enemies,"  "  Freedom  of  con- 
science," "  The  end  of  militarism,"  and  "  Spiritual  values." 

The  council  has  also  published  three  volumes  on  the  ("nui-cli 
and  interna tiouiil  relations.  .$1  each. 

50.  Federal  Farm  Loan  Bureau. 

The  Federal  Farm  Loan  Bureau  and  Federal  Farm  Loan 
Board  were  created  by  the  Federal  farm  loan  act  of  July  17. 
1916.  wdiich  is  to  be  found  in  the  Unitetl  States  Statutes,  Sixty- 
fourth  Congress,  first  session,  volume  38,  part  1,  chapter  245. 
pages  360-384.  (38)  It  is  also  published  separately  as  Senate 
Document  No.  500 — as  sudi  it  can  only  be  obtained  through  a 
Member  of  Congress — and  as  Circular  No.  4  of  the  Federal  Farm 
Loan  Bureau,  free  upon  request. 

The  Federal  Farm  Loan  Bureau  is  under  the  general  super- 
vision of  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Board,  which  consists  of  five 
members,  including  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  who  is  chair- 
man ex  officio,  and  four  members  appointed  by  the  President  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  The  members 
of  the  board  are:  Chairman    (ex  otticio).  William  G.  McAdoo, 


54  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS. 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  ;  Farm  Eoan  Commissioner  and  execu- 
tive officer,  George  W.  Norris ;  Herbert  Quick ;  W.  S.  A.  Smith ; 
Charles  E.  Lobdell. 

The  purpose  for  which  the  bureau  has  been  created  is  to  pro- 
vide capital  for  agricultural  development,  to  create  standard 
forms  of  investment  based  upon  farm  mortgages,  to  equalize 
rates  of  interest  upon  farm  loans,  to  furnish  a  market  for 
United  States  bonds,  to  create  depositaries  and  financial  agents, 
etc.  Toward  this  end  Federal  land-bank  districts  and  Federal 
land-bank  cities  have  been  selected  as  follows : 
Federal  land-bank  cities : 

District  No.  1.  Springfield,  Mass. 
District  No.  2.  Baltimore,  Md. 
District  No.  3.  Columbia,  S.  C. 
District  No.  4.  Louisville,  Ky. 
District  No.  5.  New  Orleans,  La. 
District  No.  6.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
District  No.  7,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
District  No.  8.  Omaha,  Nebr. 
District  No.  9.  Wichita,  Kans. 
District  No.  10.  Houston,  Tex. 
District  No.  11.  Berkeley,  Cal. 
District  No.  12.  Spokane,  Wash. 
Federal  land-bank  districts. 

District  No.  1.  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachu- 
setts, Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  New  York,  and  New  Jersey. 

District  No.  2.  Pennsylvania,  Delaware,  Maryland,  Virginia, 
West  Virginia,  and  District  of  Columbia. 

District  No.  3.  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  and 
Florida. 

District  No.  4.  Ohio,  Indiana,  Kentucky,  and  Tennessee. 
District  No.  5.  Alabama,  Mississippi,  and  Louisiana. 
District  No.  6.  Illinois,  Missouri,  and  Arkansas. 
District  No.  7.  Michigan,  Wisconsin,   Minnesota,  and  North 
Dakota. 

District  No.  8.  Iowa,  Nebraska,  South  Dakota,  and  Wyoming. 
District  No.  9.  Oklahoma,  Kansas,  Colorado,  and  New  Mexico. 
District  No.  10.  Texas. 

District  No.  11.  California,  Nevada,  Utah,  and  Arizona. 
District  No.  12.  Washington,  Oregon,  Montana,  and  Idaho. 
Up  to  date  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Bureau  has  issued  the  fol- 
lowing circulars,  which  may  be  obtained  from  the  bureau  free 
upon  request: 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR.  55 

('mnh;y  No.  1.  Xatiitnal  luriii  loan  associations.  Orfianiza- 
tion,  management,  powers,  and  limitations. 

Circuhir  No.  2.  How  farmers  may  form  a  national  farm  loan 
association. 

Circular  No., 3.  New  mortgages  for  old.  A  story  illustrating 
the  practical  application  of  the  Federal  farm  loan  act. 

Circular  No.  4.  The  Federal  form  loan  act. 

Circular  No.  5.  The  farm  loan  primer.  (Contains  in  brief 
form  answers  to  the  questions  most  frequently  asked  about  the 
Federal  farm-loan  act.) 

Farmers'  Bulletin  792,  of  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture,  entitled  "  How  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Act  Benefits 
the  Farmer,"  can  be  had  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents, 
AVashington.  D.  C,  for  5  cents. 

Among  the  more  important  books  and  magazine  articles  upon 
the  Federal  farm-loan  system  may  be  mentioned  Herbert 
Myriclv's  The  Federal  Farm  Loan  System,  published  by  the 
Orange  Judd  Co.,  of  New  York,  for  $1,  and  the  following : 

Bulkley,  R.  J.  Federal  Farm  Loan  Act.  Journal  of  Political 
Economy.     (February,  1917,  v.  25,  129-147.) 

Collins,  P.  V.  The  Rural  Credits  Act  as  Enacted.  American 
Review  of  Reviews.     (September,  1916,  v.  54,  303-304.) 

Harger,  C.  M.  Rural  Credits  on  Trial.  Nation.  (Mar.  8, 
1917,  V.  104,  290-292.) 

Herrick,  M.  T.  The  Federal  Farm  Loan  Act.  Atlantic 
Monthly.      (February,  1917,  v.  119,  222-232.) 

Norris,  G.  W.  The  Farm  Loan  Bill.  Outlook.  (Sept.  13. 
1916,  V.  114,  69-70.) 

Putnam,  G.  E.  The  Federal  Farm  T^oan  Act.  Economic  Re- 
view.    (December,  1916,  v.  6,  770-789.) 

Quick,  Herbert.  Borrowing  from  Your  Uncle.  Saturday 
Evening  Post.     (Feb.  17,  1917,  v.  189,  No.  34,  18+.) 

AVilliams,  N.  B.  Activities  of  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Board. 
Lawyer  and  Banker.     (February,  1917,  v.  10,  46-49.) 

51.   Federal  Reserve  Board. 

Headquarters. — Treasury  Building,  Washington.  D.  C 
The  Federal  Reserve  Board  is  an  independent  bureau  ;  that  is, 
not  under  the  Department  of  the  Treasury,  nor  is  it  a  special 
war  bureau.  The  special  war  functions  which  it  is  performing 
are  of  the  greatest  importance.  It  is  the  chief  agency  through 
which  the  Liberty  Bond  issue  is  being  placed,  and  it  has  circu- 
lated short-term  Treasury  notes  to  the  extent  of  $200,000,000. 
Ordinarily  its  function  is  to  exercise  a  broad  supervision  over 


56  LTBKARV    OF    CONGRESS. 

tlie  12  Federal  reserv(>  liaiiks  and  [icitMrm  ntlicr  hankiiif--  1'imc- 
tioiis  assigned  to  it  l)y  law. 

Tlie  Federal  Reserve  Board  lias  published  since  .May,  191."),  the 
Federal  Iteserve  Hulletin,  devoted  1<»  matters  relatiiift"  to  the 
Federal  Reserve  System.  It  may  be  obtained  from  the  Federal 
Reserve  Hoard,  Pennsylvania  Avenue  and  Fifteentli  Street  NW., 
Washington,  D.  C,  at  $2  per  year. 

The  Bulletin  gives  the  informal  rulings  of  the  board,  the  opin- 
ions of  the  law  department,  tlie  circulars  and  regulations,  press 
statements,  general  business  conditions  of  the  Federal  reserve 
banks,  acceptances,  distribution  of  discounts,  gold  imports  and 
exports,  and  statistics  of  their  resources  and  liabilities. 

Recent  numbers  have  contained  articles  on  "'  War  loans  of  for- 
eign countries"  (January,  1917,  p.  10).  "Condition  of  four  lead- 
ing European  banks  of  issue"  (March,  1917.  p.  284).  "Gold  re- 
serves and  note  circulation  of  principal  European  banks  of  issue  " 
(April,  1917,  p.  329),  "War  financing"  (May,  1917,  p.  340), 
"Foreign  war  loans"  (same,  p.  349),  "German  war  loans" 
(same,  p.  351),  "  National  banks  and  war  loans  "  (same,  p.  353). 
"  Foreign  exchange  rates  in  belligerent,  neutral,  and  silver- 
standard  countries"  (same.  p.  404). 

52.  Finance. 

The  National  C'ity  Hank  of  New  York  publishes  a  monthly 
circular  or  bulletin  devoted  to  "  Economic  conditions,  govern- 
mental finance,  and  United  States  securities,"  which  is  sent  to 
libraries  on  request.  An  index  covering  the  numbers  for  the' 
year  1916  has  been  i.ssued  ;  al.so  sent  on  request. 

The  numbers  for  January -May,  1917,  contain  brief  articles 
on  the  influence  of  the  "  IVace  proposals,"  "  Genei-al  business 
conditions."  "  The  UKmey  market."  "  Exports,"  "  CJold,"  "  ( Jov- 
ernment  finance,"  "Price  regulation,"  "Profits,"  "Exchanges." 
"Foreign  loans,"  "Federal  Reserve  System."  "Railroads," 
"  ('ro])s,"  "Food  situation." 

The  National  Bank  of  Connnerce  of  New  York  lias  publislied 
a  "  War  finance  primer,"  which  may  be  had  by  libraries  on 
application.  It  contains  .sections  on  "  British  war-loan  adver- 
tisements " ;  "How  to  finance  the  war,"  b.v  Prof.  Seligman  : 
"Financial  management  of  a  war."  by  Prof.  Adams;  and 
"Bonds  and  taxation."  "The  wai"  finance  act  (Liberty  Loan 
act)"  is  i)rinted  at  the  end. 

53.  Finance,  Investments. 

The  Standai'd  Financial  Digest  Service,  i)ublislied  by  Stand- 
ard   Statistics    Co.     (Inc.),    47-49    Wall    Street.    New    York,    is 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  57 

(lovoted  to  financial  matters  from  the  investor's  point  ol'  view. 
Volume  4,  November  1,  191G,  to  April  1,  1917,  taking  the  place 
of  loose-leaf  pages  1299-1802,  is  just  out.  The  infornuMion  is 
classified  under  the  headings  "War,"  "Legislation,"  "Hank- 
ing," "  Business  courts,"  "  Foreign,"  "  P"'oreign  trade,"  "  I/atin 
America,"  "Railroads,"  "  Security  markets,"  "  Internal  reve- 
nue." 

The  volume  contains  a  comprehensive  index,  a  digest  of  the 
financial  and  commercial  year  1916,  and  a  chart  showing  an 
index  of  banking  conditions,  stock  prices,  and  business  extend- 
ing from  January.  1903,  to  February,  1917. 

Similar  material  appears  in  the  Market  Letter,  published  by 
Charles  A.  vStoneham  »&  Co.,  41  Broadway,  New  York ;  Moody's 
Investors  Service,  published  by  John  Moody,  35  Nassau  Street, 
New  York ;  and  the  Barometer  lietter,  etc.,  prepared  by  Bab- 
son's  Statistical  Organization   (Inc.),  Wellesley  Hills,  Mass. 

54.  Finances,  Great  Britain. 

Under  the  heading  "The  national  accounts"  in  the  Statist 
for  April  7,  1917,  statements  are  given  concerning  the  revenue 
and  expenditure,  last  four  years.  There  is  a  "  Condensed 
financial  statement."  a  table  of  the  "  War  borrowings,"  and 
of  the  "  British  debt,  March  31,  1917." 

55.  Finances,  War  Loans. 

A  statement  of  the  "  Foreign  loans  made  by  the  United  States 
since  the  vi^ar  began  "  is  made  in  the  Statist,  London,  for  April 
14,  1917,  page  631,  at  the  end  of  an  article  on  "  Financing  the 
war."  This  covers  the  advances  made  to  the  allies  up  to  the 
entrance  of  the  United  States  into  the  war.  Details  of  the 
"  French  borrowings  in  United  States  "  are  given  in  the  issue 
for  March  31,  1917,  page  536.  The  Mechanics  &  Metals  Na- 
tional Bank  of  the  City  of  New  York  has  published  a  pamphlet 
on  "War  Loans  and  War  Finance,"  which  is  an  analysis  of  the 
war  costs,  war  loans,  and  Government  indebtedness  of  Europe 
in  their  relation  to  the  world  at  large.  The  Guaranty  Trust 
Co.,  of  New  York,  has  just  published  "  War  Loans  and  the  United 
States."  These  may  be  had  on  application  by  libraries.  Sec 
also  the  Bulletin  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Board  for  January  and 
May,  1917. 

56.  Finances,  War  Loans,  Germany. 

In  the  Statist,  London,  April  21,  1917,  page  668,  there  is  an 
article  on  "  The  German  loan  "  which  gives  the  amounts  of  the 
six  loans  and  the  number  of  small  and  large  subscribers  of  the 
first  five.  See  also  the  Bulletin  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Board 
for  May,  1917,  page  351. 

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58  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

57.  Finances,  War  Loans,  Russia. 

A  Statement  of  the  "  Russian  internal  war  loans  "  is  given  in 
the  Statist,  London,  for  March  31,  1917,  page  537.  See  also  the 
Bulletin  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Board  for  January  and  May, 
1917. 

58.  Food. 

The  Weekly  News  Letter  published  by  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  at  50  cents  per  year  is  of  general  interest  on 
matters  pertaining  to  farming,  stock  raising,  poultry  raising, 
and  dairying.  The  current  numbers  contain  much  matter  relat- 
ing to  war  conditions.  Gives  advice  on  seed  selection  and  dis- 
infection, spraying,  and  the  control  of  insects  and  pests,  storing, 
canning,  drying,  and  preserving  the  surplus. 

The  more  important  articles  are  frequently  reprinted  sepa- 
rately and  distributed  free.  Among  these  are  "  Food  crops 
must  be  increased,"  "  Program  for  food  production  and  con- 
servation," "  Food  production  report  submitted  to  the  Senate," 
"  Spray  to  save  the  fruit  crops  from  insects  and  diseases." 

The  Department  of  Agriculture  has  also  issued  a  series  of 
display  circulars  sent  to  libraries  free  on  application,  useful  on 
bulletin  boards  and  even  on  hoardings.  These  give  advice  and 
directions  to  farmers,  gardeners,  and  householders  concerning 
raising  and  using  food. 

A  series  of  articles  on  the  food  situation  in  the  United  States 
by  E.  M.  King  is  running  in  the  New  York  Evening  I'ost.  The 
first  article  appears  in  the  issue  of  May  2,  Section  1,  page  8, 
columns  1-3,  and  is  a  statement  and  plan  of  the  series ;  No.  .II 
(May  3,  p.  9,  columns  1-2)  is  devoted  to  the  problem  in  New 
York  City  and  what  is  being  done  there;  No.  Ill  (May  4,  p.  G. 
columns  1-6)  treats  of  the  organization  for  food  control  in  New 
York  State;  No.  IV  (May  7,  p.  16,  columns  1-2)  discusses  the 
situation  in  Washington;  No.  V  (May  8,  p.  7,  columns  1-6)  be- 
gins the  statements  of  those  concerned  in  the  food  situation, 
the  farmer,  commission  agent,  railroads,  wholesaler,  etc.,  each 
from  his  own  viewpoint;  No.  A^I  (^lay  10,  p.  7,  columns  1-2) 
deals  with  tlie  produce  broker's  connection  with  the  marketing 
of  tlie  farmer's  crop;  No.  VII  (May  15,  p.  6,  columns  1-3)  deals 
with   the  relations  of  the  railroads  to  the  food  problem ;   No. 

VIII  (May  19.  Sec.  I,  p.  12,  columns  1-2)  is  on  what  the  whole- 
saler has  to  say  about  his  relation  to  the  food  situation ;  No. 

IX  (May  28,  p.  5,  columns  1-3)  in  which  the  jobber  tells  his 
side  of  the  food  situation;  No.  X  (.Tune  4,  p.  7,  col.  1-3)  the 
retail  grocers'  views;  No.  XI  (June  5,  p.  6,  col.  3^)  deals  with, 
the  consumers;  Summary  (June  9,  p.  1,  col.  1,  p.  11.  col.  3-7). 


UNITED    STATES   AT    WAR.  59 

A  number  of  hearings  on  the  productiun  and  conservation  of 
food  supplies  have  been  held  before  the  Committee  on  Afjri- 
culture  and  Forestry  of  the  Uinted  States  Senate.  These  relate 
to  all  the  proposals  which  have  been  made  for  increasing  the 
production,  improving  the  distribution,  and  promoting  the  con- 
servation of  fo(xl  supplies  in  the  United  States.  Five  parts  have 
been  printed  for  the  use  of  the  committee,  copies  nia.v  be  ob- 
tained only  through  a  Member  of  Congress.  Similar  hearings 
have  been  held  before  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  of  which  also  tive  parts  have  been 
"  printed. 

See  also  Hunt,  T.  F.  "  Some  fundamental  considerations 
affecting  the  food  suppl.v  of  the  United  States,"  published  as 
Circular  No.  163,  Universit.v  of  Californlti,  College  of  Agricul- 
ture, Berkeley.     Sent  to  libraries  free. 

59.  Food  Conservation. 

The  Department  of  Agriculture  has  issued  a  "  Food  Thrift 
Series,"  Nos.  1-8,  with  more  to  follow,  which  may  be  had  by 
librarians  on  application  to  the  department.  The  series  give.s 
advice  on  care  and  use  of  foods,  prevention  of  waste  and  loss 
through  decay,  cheap  substitutes  for  more  expensive  foods  show- 
ing, for  example,  the  value  of  milk,  corn  meal,  rice,  how  to  im- 
prove dairy  products  in  small  plants,  economy  in  food  fats, 
selection  of  foods,  canning  fruit  without  sugar,  cooperative  can- 
ning, planning  of  daily  meals,  .soups  that  nourish,  food  combina- 
tions. 

The  Division  of  Bibliography  of  the  Library  of  Congress  has 
prepared  a  mimeographed  "  List  of  references  on  the  conserva- 
tion, production,  and  economic  use  of  foods,"  copies  of  which 
are  sent  to  libraries  free  on  application. 

60.  Food  Control. 

The  Council  of  National  Defense  on  the  7th  of  April  adopted  a 
resolution  calling  upon  Herbert  C.  Hoover,  head  of  the  Amer- 
ican commission  for  relief  in  Belgium,  to  accept  the  chairman- 
ship of  a  Committee  on  food  supply  and  prices.  After  accept- 
ing the  chairmanship  of  this  committee.  Mr.  Hoover  made  a 
statement  in  which  he  said  that  he  had  immediately  started  an 
inquiry  in  France,  England,  and  Italy,  in  cooperation  with  the 
respective  Government  departments,  into  the  existing  food  situ- 
ation, the  prospects  of  the  coming  harvest,  import  necessities, 
and  the  methods  of  regulating  food  control  as  at  present  in  op- 
eration. Owing  to  the  complete  data  in  the  hands  of  the  vari- 
ous governments  he  thinks  it  should  require  but  a  short  time 


60  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

for  the  correlation  of  all  essential  matters.  For  the  complete 
statement  of  Mr.  Hoover  see  the  Commercial  and  Financial 
Chronicle  for  April  23,  1917.  In  the  New  York  Times  for  April 
20.  1917.  page  11.  column  4,  is  a  dispatch  from  Mr.  Hoover  sug- 
gesting that  the  Boy  Scouts  raise  beans  as  their  contribution  to- 
the  food  supply. 

It  was  announced  on  May  19  that  the  President  would  ap- 
point Mr.  Hoover  as  food  administrator.  See  the  New  York 
Times,  May  20,  Section  1,  page  1,  columns  6-8^  for  statements 
concerning  the  administration's  food-control  program.  On  the 
same  page  H.  C.  Hoover  outlines  a  plan  of  procedure. 

In  the  March.  1917,  issue  of  the  Monthly  Review  of  the  United 
States  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  arti- 
cles on  '•  Government  control  of  food  supplies  in  European  coun- 
tries." C»wing  to  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  official  publications 
these  articles  are  based  mainly  on  consular  reports,  correspond- 
ence of  the  daily  press,  and  articles  in  foreign  and  American 
magazines.  The  March  number  is  devoted  to  a  summary  of  food 
control  in  Great  Britain  and  gives  as  an  appendix  the  Orders  in 
council,  dated  November  16,  December  5  and  22,  1916,  amend- 
ing the  regulations  under  the  Defense  of  the  realm  con.solidation 
act,  1914.  For  later  orders  see  the  London  Gazette,  January 
13,  1917,  and  current  numbers  of  the  Great  Britain  Board  of 
Trade  Journal,  the  Great  Britain  Journal  of  the  Board  of  Agri- 
culture, and  the  Solicitor's  Journal  and  Weekly  Reporter. 

The  April  number  contains  a  summary  of  conditions  in 
France,  based  on  articles  in  the  Journal  Officiel  de  la  Republique 
Frangaise,  and  an  article  by  Charles  Gide  on  "Provisioning  of 
France  and  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  that  end," 
published  in  the  March.  1916,  issue  of  the  Economic  Journal. 
See  also  an  article  "  The  French  solution  of  the  bread  problem," 
by  Edith  Sellers  in  the  Nineteenth  Century  and  After,  for  IMay, 
1917,  pages  1028-1042. 

The  May  issue  contains  articles  on  food  control  in  Germany 
and  Italy.  In  the  absence  of  official  sources  for  Germany  the 
bureaii  has  made  liberal  use  of  an  article  by  Prof.  Alonzo 
Englebert  Taylor,  published  in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post 
(i.ssues  of  Feb.  17,  24,  and  Mar.  3,  1917).  Prof.  Taylor  was  in 
Germany  until  the  end  of  October,  1916,  and  at  first  hand  made 
a  study  of  food-supply  conditions  in  that  country. 

The  article  on  the  control  of  food  supplies  in  Italy  contains 
information  concerning  the  production  and  importation  of  the 
principal  foodstuffs,  embargoes  on  foodstuffs,  milling  and  bread 
regiilations.  the  establishment  of  a  food-supply  commission,  and 


UNITED    STATES    AT    WAH.  61 

the  nieasdres  ol"  cooperation  willi  the  Covciiiiiii  r.i  .'uloittcd  l)y 
the  inunicipalities  of  Genoa,  Milan,  and  Rome. 

The  Monthly  Review  of  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  can  be  had  free  on  application  to  the  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Popuhir  articles  on  food  control  in  the  various  countries  are 
listed  in  Readers'  Guide  to  Periodical  Literature. 

The  New  York  Evening  Post  is  publishing  a  symposium  of  re- 
plies to  a  query  sent  out  l\v  tiie  Evening  I'ost  from  the  governors 
of  the  various  States  as  to  the  part  they  are  taking  in  connec- 
tion with  tlie  control  of  foofl  prices,  conservation,  etc.  Seven 
articles  have  appeared  so  far,  as  follows:  May  12,  Section  I, 
page  16,  columns  1-2;  May  14,  page  5,  columns  1-2;  May  18, 
page  14,  columns  1-3 ;  May  22,  page  9,  coUunns  1-3 ;  May  24, 
page  14,  cohnnns  1-3-:  May  20,  j)age  8.  columns  1-2:  .June  1, 
page  14,  colunms  1-2.     ' 

61.  Food  Prices,  Great  Britain,  Index  Number.   . 

In  Tlie  Statist  (London)  April  21,  1917,  page  669,  there  is  an 
article  on  tlie  "  Course  of  retail  food  prices,"  which  gives  index 
numbers  of  retail  prices  June  30,  1914  =  IOC).  Includes  num- 
bers for  co.st  of  living  (food.  rent,  light,  clothing,  etc.). 

62.  Food  Production. 

Tlie  I'resident's  address  of  April  15  to  the  American  people 
on  the  need  for  increased  production  of  foodstuffs  has  been 
published  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  may  be  ob- 
tained on  application  to  the  department.  The  Department  of 
Agriculture  has  also  issued  a  series  of  display  posters  quoting 
from  the  President's  address.  These  are  sent  free  to  libraries 
on  application. 

63.  Foreign    Correspondents    and    Foreign    Language    Publications, 

Division  of. 
A  division  of  tlie  Coiiiniittee  on  pui)li<'  information,  whose  duty 
is  keeping  in  touch  with  the  sentiment  of  the  foreign  press  and 
the   American   press   in   foreign   languages.      See   Public    infor- 
mation, committee  on.     (112) 

64.  Foreign  Information,  Division  of. 

A  Division  of  Foreign  Information  has  been  created  by  order 
of  the  Secretary  of  State  to  be  the  only  source  of  information 
besides  the  Secretary  himself.  This  division  takes  the  place 
of  the  six  existing  divisions  dealing  with  foreign  affairs,  so 
far  as  the  function  of  supplying  information  is  concerned. 


62  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS. 

65.  France,  Rebuilding  of  Devastated  Area. 

The  plans  made  for  rebuilding  the  war-ravaged  districts  of 
France  are  described  in  an  interview  by  W.  H.  Cole,  technical 
director  of  the  project,  printed  in  the  New  York  Times,  May 
20,  1917,  section  8,  page  8,  columns  1-3. 

A  movement  among  university  and  college  students  to  aid  in 
this  work  is  outlined  in  the  Christian  Science  Monitor,  May  17, 
1917,  page  3,  column  7. 

Information  on  this  subject  may  be  obtained  from  Ralph 
Adams  Cram,  8  Beacon  Street,  Boston. 

66.  General  Munitions  Board. 

A  board  of  tlie  Council  of  National  Defense.  Prank  A.  Scott, 
ch.     (35) 

67.  Geological  Survey. 

A  Section  of  the  Geology  of  Iron  and  Steel  Alloy  Metals 
has  been  created,  as  a  special  war  subdivision. 

An  address,  "Geology  and  public  service,"  delivered  by  G.  O. 
Smith,  Director  of  the  ITnited  States  Geological  Survey,  at  the 
twenty-ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Geological  Society  of  Amer- 
ica, at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  December  27,  1916,  appeared  in  the  An- 
nual report  of  the  director  of  the  State  Museum  (New  York) 
for  1916  and  in  the  Scientific  Monthly,  February,  1917,  and  has 
been  reprinted  from  each  separately. 

See  also,  "  What  a  geologist  can  do  in  war,"  prepared  by 
R.  A.  F.  Penrose  for  the  geological  committee  of  the  National 
Research  Council.  Publislie<l  by  J.  B.  I^ippincott  Co.,  Philadel- 
phia, 1917.     10  cents. 

68.  Gold. 

The  Statist  for  February  17,  1917,  pages  276-277,  under  the 
heading,  "  The  world's  gold  output,"  give^  statistics  by  years 
and  countries  and  prints  a  diagram,  "  Gold  production  of  the 
world  since  1851." 

An  article  in  the  Annalist  for  January  8,  1917,  page  37,  "  Our 
golden  problem,"  discusses  the  economic  dangers  arising  from 
the  great  inflow  of  gold,  and  what  can  be  done  to  overcome 
them. 

69.  Government  Manufacture  of  Arms,  etc.,  Board  to   Investigate. 
Created  by  section  121  of  National  defense  act  of  June  3, 

1916  (64th  Cong.,  public  act  So;  also  in  statutes  of  the  United 
States,  1st  sess.  64th  Cong.,  Part  I,  p.  214).  To  get  this  act, 
see  (38). 

Membership  consists  of  two  civilians  and  three  Army  officers. 
Col.  Francis  J.  Kernan,  chairman. 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  63 

Function  to  investigate  and  report  on  the  feasibility,  etc.,  of 
the  Government  manufacturing  arms,  etc. 

Publicn lions. — Has  published  a  report  on  the  Government 
manufacture  of  arms,  munitions,  niid  ecjuipmont.  To  get  this 
for  10  cents,  see  (38). 

References. — See  article  in  Iron  Trade  Review,  January  11, 
1917,  c'ritical  comment. 

70.  Government,  United   States,   Organization. 

In  the  New  York  Times,  magazine  section,  May  6,  1917,  Sec- 
retary Lane  of  the  Interior  Department  gives  an  outline  of  the 
organization  of  the  Government  with  a  diagram  showing  the 
interrelations  of  the  departments  and  bureaus.  He  points  out 
the  need  of  a  Priority  board  to  determine  what  shall  be  done 
first  and  which  department  has  the  greatest  need  for  any  com- 
modity the  amount  of  which  is  limited. 

An  article  in  the  New  Republic  for  May  12,  1917,  points  out 
the  need  for  departments  dealing  with  munitions,  food  control, 
and  .shipping. 

The  normal  organization  of  the  Government  is  best  described 
in  the  official  Congressional  Directory  revised  for  each  session 
of  Congress.  This  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Documents  for  60  cents  (38).  Descriptive  accounts  of  the 
'Government  of  the  United  States  will  be  found  in — 

Ashley,  R.  L.  The  American  Federal  State.  1911.  Part  11. 
Government. 

.     Beard,  C.  A.    American  Government  and  Politics,  1914.     Part 
II,  Federal  Government. 

Bryce,  James.  American  Commonwealth.  1910.  Part  I,  Na- 
tional Government. 

Fairlie,  J.  A.  The  National  Administration  of  the  United 
States  of  America.    1905. 

Haslvin,  F.  J.    The  American  Government,  1912. 

Wilson,  W.     Congressional  Government.     1913. 

Wilson,  W.  Constitutional  Government  in  the  T'^nited  States. 
1913. 

Young,  .Tames  T.  The  New  American  Government  and  Its 
Work.    1915. 

71.  Grain  Crops,  Statistics. 

"  Statistics  of  grain  crops,  1916,"  reprinted  from  the  Year- 
book of  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  1916,  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  10  cents  (38).  In- 
cludes corn,  wheat,  oats,  barley,  rye,  buckwheat,  flour,  and  rice 
for  all  producing  countries. 


64  LIBEARV   OF    CONGRESS. 

72.  Hebrews,  American. 

American  Jewry  through  its  various  orjiauizatioiis  lias  en- 
tered energetically  into  war  relief  work.  The  Joint  Distribu- 
tion Connnittee,  356  Second  Avenue,  New  York  City,  repre- 
senting the  American  Jewish  Relief  Committee,  the  Central 
Relief  Committee,  and  the  People's  Relief  Committee  is  the 
chief  organization  engaged  in  this.  The  committee  consists  of 
Felix  M.  Warburg.  Julian  ^I.  Mach,  J.  Walter  Freiberg,  E.  W. 
Lewin-Kpstein,  Cyrus  Adler,  Louis  D.  Brandeis,  Leon  Sanders, 
Louis  Marshall,  Harry  Fischel.  J.  L.  Magnes,  INI.  Engelman, 
Albert  Lucas,  M.  Z.  Mai'golies,  Peter  Wiernick,  Sholum  Asch, 
Paul  Kaplan,  and  Morris  Rothenburg.  The  American  Jewish 
Relief  Committee  publishes  a  bulletin  telling  of  its  activities. 
Information  is  also  to  be  had  in  the  American  Jewish  Yearbook. 
1916-17,  issued  by  the  .Tewish  Publication  Society.  Philadelphia. 
$1.  and  in  the  American  Hebrew,  April  6.  1917,  volume  100 :  6S(;. 

Other  organizations  engaged  in  war  relief  work  are: 

The  Council  of  Jewish  Women,  National  League  for  Woman's 
Service,  National  Jewish  Board  for  Welfare  Work  in  the 
United  States  Army,  W^omen's  Proclamation  Society,  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  Young  Women's  Hebrew  Associa- 
tion. 

Material  concerning  these  organizations  may  be  obtained  by 
addressing  the  American  Jewish  Committee.  356  Second  Avenue, 
New    York    City.     The    American    Hebrew    and    the    American 
Jewish  Chronicle  make  mention  of  the  work   in   their   weekly^ 
issues. 

Historical  Service,  National   Board. 

See  National  board  for  historical  service.     (96) 

73.  Imports,  Statistics  of. 

Statistics  of  imports  into  the  United  States  from  foreign 
countries  ai'e  to  be  found  in  the  following  i)ublications  of  the 
Department  of  Commerce : 

B'oreign  Commerce  and  Navigation  of  the  United  States. 
Issued  annually.  This  is  a  complete  report  of  imports  and  ex- 
ports of  the  United  States,  both  merchandise  and  gold  and 
silver.  It  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Docu- 
ments for  .$1.     (38) 

Parts  of  Foreign  Commerce  and  Navigation  are  issued  sep- 
arately, as  follows: 

Table  3.  "  Imports  of  merchandise  into  the  Unitetl  States,  by 
articles  and  countries"  (5-year  tables).  It  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  30  cents.     (38) 


UNITED   STATES   AT  WAR.  65 

Tables  9  jiikI  10.  "  Imported  iiiercliiiiwlisc  entered  for  coii- 
suiuption  ill  t;lie  Uiiilcd  States  and  duties  collected  thereon,  and 
total  values  by  customs  districts."  It  m.i.v  be  obtained  from  Hit- 
Superintendent  of  Documents  for  15  cents.     (38) 

Iniijorted  merchandise  entered  for  consumption  in  the  I'liiteil 
States  and  duties  collected  theiccm.  Issued  (juarterly.  It  may 
be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  single  copies 
W  to  25  cents,  annual  subscrijjtion  75  cents.  This  covers  the 
ground  for  the  (piarler  that  the  previously  mentioned  report 
does  for  the  year. 

Monthly  Sunnnary  of  the  l^'oreign  (!oimnerce  of  the  Uinted 
States.  This  covers  the  same  ground  for  one  month  that  For- 
eign Connuerce  and  Navigation  does  for  the  year.  It  may  be 
obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  single  cojties 
15  cents,  yearly  subscription  $1.50.     (38) 

Statistical  Abstract  of  the  United  States.  A  section  is  de- 
voted to  the  foreign  commerce  of  the  United  States,  based  on 
the  Foreign  Conimei-ce  and  Navigation  of  the  United  States.  It 
may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  foi-  50 
cents.     (38) 

Trade  of  the  United  States  with  the  World,  1914-15.  Im- 
ports and  exports  of  merchandise  into  and  from  the  I'nited 
States  by  countries  and  principal  articles  during  the  years  end- 
ing June  30,  1914  and  1915.  It  may  be  obtained  from  the  Super- 
intendent of  Documents  for  20  cents.     (38) 

Total  Values  of  Imports  and  Exports  of  the  United  States. 
This  is  a  monthly  statement  and  may  be  obtained  from  the 
Bureau  of  Foivign  and  Domestic  ("ommei-ce,  De}>artineni  of 
Connuerce,  upon  request. 

74.  Income  Tax. 

An  article  on  incidents  of  income  tax  ai»pears  in  the  Annalist, 
.January  8.  1917.  page  3(3,  with  title  "  The  tax  dodger  as  the 
Treasury  sees  him."  Contains  a  table  showing  the  yield  of  the 
graduated  tax  for  1915  and  1916. 

75.  Index  Numbers. 

The  Statist,  London,  prints  at  monthly  intervals  under  the 
heading  "  Increasing  cost  of  living — the  Statist's  index  number 
of  prices,"  in  continuation  of  Sauerbeck's  figures.  These  cover 
the  wholesale  prices  of  45  commodities,  the  average  for  11 
years,  1867-1877,  being  100.  Shows  also  the  course  of  prices 
monthly  since  the  war  began.     (See  the  issues  for  .Tan.  13.  1917. 


66  LIBRARY   OF   CONGRESS. 

p.  03-65 ;  Feb.  10,  p.  228,  229,  price  and  index  number  of  silver ; 
Mar.  10,  p.  412;  Apr.  7,  p.  587,  588.) 

The  Annalist  prints  regularly  in  each  number  a  diagram  en- 
titled "  Curve  of  the  cost  of  living,"  showing  the  fluctuations 
in  the  average  price  of  25  food  commodities,  representing  a  theo- 
retical family's  food  budget.  Under  the  heading,  "Another 
record  for  commodity  prices,"  Bradstreet's  for  May  12,  1917, 
page  306,  price  movements  are  set  forth  in  a  table  in  which  are 
given  the  index  numbers,  based  on  the  prices  per  pound  of  96 
articles  for  13  years,  1904-1917.  An  exhibit  names  the  articles 
that  advanced,  declined,  or  remained  unchanged  during  a  month's 
time — May  1,  1917,  compared  with  April  1,  1917;  May  1,  1917, 
compared  with  May  1,  1916. 

The  Monthly  Review  of  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  includes  retail  prices  of  food  in  the  United  States. 
These  are  summarized  from  time  to  time  and  printed  with  much 
detail  and  additional  matter  in  the  bulletin  of  the  bureau, 
'•  Retail  prices  and  cost  of  living  "  series. 

76.  Interdepartmental  Advisory  Committee. 

A  committee  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.     (35) 

77.  International  Institute  of  Agriculture. 

See  Agriculture,  International  Institute  of.     (5) 

78.  Labor. 

The  Auiericau  Assuciatiuu  for  Labor  I^egislatiou  has  issued 
'•  Labor  Laws  in  War  Time,  No.  1,  Special  Bulletin,  April 
1917,"  4  pages,  which  may  be  obtained  from  the  association,  131 
P^ast  Twenty-third  Street,  New  York  City. 

The  bulletin  is  to  be  issued  from  time  to  time  in  advocacy 
of  the  retention  of  the  standards  of  labor  protection.  Tlie  first 
issue  contains  a  summary  statement  of  the  minimum  require- 
ments essential  to  the  welfare  of  wage  earners  as  to  safety, 
sanitation,  hours,  wages,  child  labor,  women's  work,  social 
insurance,  administrj^tion,  etc. 

The  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  has  published  as  Bulletin  222, 
"  Welfare  Work  in  British  Munition  Factories,"  reprints  of  the 
memoranda  of  the  British  health  of  munition  workers'  committee. 
This  covers  general  supervision,  industrial  canteens,  construc- 
tion and  equipment,  food,  washing  and  bathing  facilities.  Sent 
free  to  libraries.  An  appendix  lists  other  bulletins  relating  to 
labor  in  foreign  countries  as  affected  by  the  war.  See  especially 
Bulletins  221  and  223. 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  67 

The  Monthly  Review  of  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  gives  current  inforniation  concerning  labor  matters, 
especially  the  relatiotis  of  the  Government  to  wage  earners, 
labor  legislation  in  the  States,  and  labor  matters  in  foreign 
countries.  Libraries  may  secure  copies  by  applying  to  the 
United  States  Commissioner  of  Labor  Statistics,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

The  National  Consumers'  League,  289  Fourth  Avenue,  New 
York  City,  has  issued  a  number  of  circulars,  leaflets,  and  letters, 
to  be  had  on  application,  directing  attention  to  the  danger  of 
bi'eaking  down  the  safeguards  of  labor  concerning  long  hours, 
sanitary  conditions,  women,  and  children,  etc.,  which  years  of 
hard  work  have  brought  into  existence.     (See  also  47.) 

79.  Labor,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Atlvisory  commission  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense.    Samuel  Gompers,  chairman.     (35) 

80.  Land  Cultivation,  Great  Britain. 

The  official  notices  and  circulars  in  regard  to  land  cultivation 
are  printed  currently  in  the  Journal  of  the  Board  of  Agricul- 
ture, Tvondon.  The  board  of  agriculture,  under  the  authoriza- 
tion of  the  food  controller,  has  charge  of  the  acquisition  of 
land  for  cultivation  to  aid  the  food  supply. 

The  Agricultural  policy  subconunittee  of  the  recon.struction 
committee  of  the  board  of  agriculture,  which  was  appointed 
August,  1916,  to  consider  and  report  upon  the  methods  of 
effecting  an  increase  in  the  home-grown  food  supplies,  having 
regard  to  the  need  of  such  increase  in  the  interest  of  national 
security,  has  just  issued  Part  I  of  their  report  as  Parliamentary 
papers  by  command  (C!d.  8506),  for  sale  by  T.  Fisher  Unwin, 
London,  VV.  C,  price  3d. 
Legislation,  Emergency. 

See  War  legislation  (145-151). 
Liberty  Bond  Issue. 

See  Treasury  Department  (141). 

81.  Life  Extension  Institute. 

Headquarters. — 25  West  Forty-fifth  Street,  New  York  City; 
branch,  615  Fourteenth  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Purpose. — The  Life  Extension  Institute  was  incorporated  in 
Nev.-  York  City  in  January,  1914,  with  the  object  "To  lengthen 
life  by  applying  modern  science."  The  means  by  which  this  is 
being  obtained  are,  first,  a  hygiene  reference  board  of  nearly  a 


68  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

liuiidrcd  leading  experts  on  matters  relating:  to  hetiltli,  which 
aims  to  settle,  as  far  as  possible,  the  many  dispnted  questions 
of  personal  hygiene  and  to  solve  such  problems  as  "  how  to 
ventilate  our  homes  and  to  clothe  and  feed  our  bodies  " ;  second, 
a  system  of  health  inspection  of  individuals. 

Orqaniziifion  and  mcmhrrHhii). — The  officers  of  the  institute 
ai-e  Elmer  E.  Rittenhouse,  president:  Harold  A.  Ley,  vice  presi- 
dent; James  A.  Lennehan,  secretary:  Eugene  L.  Fish,  director 
of  hygiene.  Prof.  Irving  Fisher  is  chairman  of  the  hygiene 
refei'ence  board,  composed  of  nearly  100  prominent  persons,  in- 
cluding such  names  as  William  H.  Taft ;  Dr.  (leorge  H.  Sim- 
mons, of  the  American  Jledical  Association ;  Dr.  AVilliam  H. 
Welch,  of  Johns  Hopkins ;  IMahel  Boardman :  and  Harvey  W. 
Wiley. 

Puhliraiiovfi. — Hitherto  the  bulletins  issued  by  the  institute 
have  dealt  with  matters  pertaining  to  hygiene,  etc.,  but  on  May 
25.  1917.  the  organization  entered  into  the  campaign  for  in- 
creased food  ]iroduction  by  devoting  its  "  Monthly  News  Letter  " 
to  tlint  subject.  The  news  service  of  the  institute  costs  $3  a 
year.  Libi-aries  and  other  public  organizations  may  obtain  it 
on  an  exchange  basis,  however.     Address  the  New  York  office. 

Referenceft. — The  objects,  organization,  and  personnel  of  the 
Life  Extension  Institute  are  contained  in  a  prospectus  issued 
by  the  institute.  Articles  on  the  organization  are  to  be  found 
ill  the  following:  Nation,  January  8.  1914.  volume  98,  27-8; 
Survey,  January  24.  1914.  volume  81.  483-4. 

82.  Life  Insurance  Rates. 

At  the  National  Convention  of  Insurance  ('oiiiuiissioiiers.  Des 
Moines.  April  17-18.  1917,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  take 
up  witii  life  insurance  companies  the  question  of  uuiforni  wht- 
service  regulations.     (New  York  Times.  May  6,  p.  8.  col.  1-5.) 

Information  as  to  action  taken  can  be  secured  from  the  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  this  subject.  ^Ir.  Burton  Mansfield, 
insui'ance  commissioner.  New  Haven,  Conn. 

83.  Medical  Section. 

A  section  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.  Dr.  Frank  F. 
Simpson,  chairman.     (35) 

84.  Medicine  and  Surgery,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  The  Advisory  commission  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense.     Dr.  Franklin  H.  Martin,  chairman.     (35) 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR.  69 

85.  Military  Engineering  Committee  of  New  York. 
Headquarters. — 29  West  Thiriy-iiintli  Street,  New  York  City. 

J.  S.  Langthorn,  secretary ;  .Joseph  Struthers,  ofFice  manager. 

Memhrrship  made  up  of  some  of  the  past  and  pre.sent  officer.s 
of  the  national  engineering  societies  of  the  TJnited  States. 

Function. — Its  purpose  is  to  aid  the  Government  in  organizing 
engineering  regiments  for  the  war,  and  afford  opportunities  for 
instruction  by  lectures  on  military  engineering,  regular  cour.ses 
of  studies,  and  drill. 

86.  Military  Laws  of  the  United  'States. 

"The  Military  Laws  of  the  United  States,"  191.5,  fifth  edition, 
may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  Wasli- 
ington,  D.  C,  for  .$1.10.     (38) 

It  contains  a  complete  index.  A  new  revision  and  codification 
was  authorized  by  the  act  of  August  29,  3916.  See  a  circular 
published  by  the  ^)ftice  of  the  .Fudge  Advocate  General,  "  Revi- 
sion and  Codification  of  Military  Laws,  Dec.  15,  1916." 

The  new  edition  has  just  appeared  and  costs  .$1..50.  It  con- 
tains the  additional  laws  grouped  at  the  back. 

87.  Military  Railroads. 

The  Corps  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  has  just  pub- 
lished, as  Professional  Paper  32,  Maj.  W.  D.  Connor's  "  Military 
Railways,  revised  edition,  1916,"  which  may  be  obtained  from 
the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  .50  cents.  It  supplements 
that  part  of  the  Engineers'  "  Field  ilanual  "  known  as  "  Part  4, 
Railroads."  The  manual  was  issued  in  1912,  and  may  also  be 
obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  .$1  per  copy. 
(38).     See  also  (116-120). 

88.  Military  Science,  Bibliography.     - 

The  United  States  :\Iilitary  Academy  at  West  Point  has  pub- 
lished a  "  Classified  list  of  works  on  military  and  professional 
subjects  reconuneuded  to  the  graduating  class.  United  States 
Military  Acailemy,  by  a  board  of  oflicers,  revised  1916."  This 
may  be  had  by  libraries  on  request. 

The  list  is  arranged  under  the  headings  "Administration." 
*'  Tactics,"  "  Horses  and  horsemanship,"  "Art  of  war,"  "  Trans- 
portation and  supply,"  "  Signaling,"  "  Military  topography," 
"  Military  engineering,"  "  Fortifications,"  "  Military  hygiene," 
"  Oi'dnance,"  "  Coast  Artillery,"  "  Law,"  "  Civil  engineering." 
"  River  and  harbor  work,"  "  Military  history  and  biography." 
"  Periodicals." 


70  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

The  War  College  Division,  General  Staff.  United  States  Army, 
has  piiblished  since  October,  1915.  "A  monthly  list  of  military 
information  carded  from  books,  periodicals,  etc."  This  is  now 
being  s^ent  to  a  limited  list  of  libraries. 

The  "  International  Military  Digest,"  a  monthly  review  (with 
quarterly  and  annual  cumulations)  of  the  current  literature  of 
military  .science  is  publishei^l  by  the  Cumulative  Digest  Corpora- 
tion, 241  West  Tldrty-seventh  Street,  New  York,  at  $3.50  per 
year,  with  the  annual  cumulation  $5.  This  is  more  than  a 
bibliography  as  it  digests  the  articles  in  over  80  periodicals, 
mostly  military.     See  also  (43).* 

89.  Military  Training,  Universal. 

An  address  by  C.  W.  Hetherington,  professor  of  physical  edu- 
cation and  recreation,  University  of  Wisconsin,  with  the  title, 
'•Shall  military  training  be  given  our  youthV"  has  been  pub- 
lisher! as  Senate  Document  No.  22,  Sixty-fifth  Congress,  first 
session,  and  may  be  obtained,  on  application, 'from  Members  of 
Congress.  It  considers  the  physical,  moral,  and  social  qualifica- 
tions required  by  those  entering  the  military  service  and  how 
universal  military  training  fosters  these. 

90.  Militia. 

Under  the  title  "  The  Militia,"  Dr.  James  Brown  Scott  has 
brought  together  extracts  from  the  Journals  and  Debates  of  the 
Federal  Convention,  the  State  constitutional  conventions,  the 
Congress,  the  Federalist,  together  with  other  papers  relating  to 
the  militia  of  the  United  States,  which  has  been  printed  as 
Sixty-fourth  Congress,  second  session.  Senate  Document  No.  695, 
and  is  to  be  obtained  only  through  a  Member  of  Congress. 

The  Library  of  Congress  has  prepared  a  typewritten  "  List  of 
References  on  the  Militia."  copies  of  which  may  be  obtained  from 
the  Public  Affairs  Information  Service.  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  for 
the  cost  of  copying,  25  cents. 

91.  Mobilization  of  Industries,  Great  Britain. 

The  World's  Work,  London,  has  printed  a  series  of  articles  bj' 
Fred  A.  Talbot  on  "  How  Britain  Went  to  War,"  tlescriptive  of 
the  methods  worked  out  to  adapt  the  industries  of  the  Empire 
to  supplying  the  allies  with  munitions.  I,  October,  1916,  pages 
397—408  (raw  material  and  labor,  razors,  barbed  wire,  sand 
bags)  ;  II,  November,  1916,  pages  481^96  (housing  and  tents)  ; 
III.  January,  1917,  pages  122-138;  IV,  February,  1917,  pages 
238-246  (both  on  lumber)  ;  V,  March,  1917,  pages  326-345  (boots 
and  shoes)  ;  VI,  April,  1917,  pages  420-433  (wool,  flax,  clothing, 
Russian  Government  sole  buyer  and  seller  of  flax)  ;  VII,  May, 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  71 

3917.  pajies  r)2G-r)37    (clotliiu^',  kliaki,   socks,  gloves  for  barbed 
wire). 

92.  Mobilization  of  Industries,  United  States  Board  on. 
Authorized  by  section  120  of  act  of  June  8.  1910  (G4th  (^ong,. 

Public  Act  85,  H.  R.  1276G.)     (38) 

The  act  autJKirized  the  I'l'csidont  in  bis  discretion  to  appoint 
a  board  on  mobilization  of  industries  essential  for  military  pre- 
paredness. The  act  covered  the  control  of  manufjicturing  plants 
capable  of  turning  out  arms,  ammunition,  equipment,  and  sup- 
plies. No  action  taken  to  date,  the  functions  falling  within  the 
scope  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense.     (35) 

93.  Munitions,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Advisory  commission  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense.     Howard  E.  Coffin,  chairman.      (35) 

94.  Munitions,  Statistics  of  Exportation. 

Statistics  of  the  exportation  of  munitions  from  the  United 
States  are  to  be  found  in  the  export  statistics  published  by  the 
Department  of  Commerce.  For  a  list  of  the  Department's  export 
publications  .see  the  heading  "  Exports,  Statistics  of."     (45) 

95.  Munitions  Standard  Board. 

A  board  of  the  Council  of  National  r)efense.  Frank  A.  Scott, 
chairman.     (35) 

96.  National  Board  for  Historical  Service. 

Headquarters. — Woodward  Building,  Washington.  D.  C, 
Waldo  G.  Leland,  secretary. 

Originated  at  a  meeting  of  writers  and  teachers  of  history 
held  in  Washington  April  29-30,  1917. 

ilembcrsMi)  consists  of  Victor  S.  Clark,  Robert  D.  W.  Connor, 
Carl  R.  Fish.  Charles  D.  Hazen,  Charles  Hull.  Gaillard  Hunt, 
AValdo  G.  Leland,  James  T.  Shotwell,  Frederick  J.  Turner. 

Function. — To  bring  into  useful  operiition  the  intelligence  and 
skill  of  the  historical  workers  of  the  comitry  ;  to  suggest  plans 
of  work  and  organization  to  workers  in  various  localities ;  and  to 
serve  as  a  central  exchange  for  collecting  ideas  and  furnishing 
Information. 

Publications  have  not  been  issued,  but  plans  are  under  con- 
sideration for  pamphlets  or  small  popular  books  similar  to  those 
issued  in  other  countries. 

References. — See  article  "  Historians  and  the  War,"  in  the 
Dial  for  May  17.  1917.  pages  427-428 ;  and  an  article  by  James 
T.  Shotwell  in  the  History  Teacher's  Magazine,  June,  1917,  p. 
199-200. 


72  LIBRARY    OF   CONGRESS. 

97.  National  Institute  of  Efficiency. 

Headquarters.— 119  West  Fortieth  Street,  New  Yoi-k  City. 

Origin. — The  Natioual  Institute  of  Efficiency  was  incorporated 
under  the  educational  law^  of  tlic  District  of  Columbia  Feb- 
ruary 12.  1916. 

Organization. — Tlie  governors  of  tlie  institute  are:  Gutzon 
Borgluni,  INIelvil  E.  Dewey,  William  F.  Dix.  Dr.  Henry  Sturgis 
Drinlver,"  John  H.  Finley,  Philip  H.  Gadsden,  John  Hays  Ham- 
mond, Job  E.  Hedges,  Henry  B.  Joy.  Curtis  J.  Mar,  J.  Horace 
McFarland.  Emerson  McMillan,  Truman  H.  Newberry,  Ray- 
mond B.  Price,  Alton  B.  Parker,  Admiral  Robert  E.  Pear.v, 
Herbert  W.  Rice,  John  A.  Stewart,  Conrad  H.  Syme,  Richard 
B.  Watrous,  AVilliam  R.  Willcox,  Henry  A.  Wise  Wood,  Maj. 
Gen.  Leonard  Wood.  The  officers  ai-e :  President,  INIelvil  K. 
Dewey;  vice  president,  Alton  B.  Parker:  secretary.  Richard  It. 
Watrous ;  treasurer,  Herbert  W.  Rice. 

Membership  open  to  anyone  upon  the  payment  of  .$.5  yearly. 
Each  member  receives  a  years'  subscription  to  the  Independent 
and  four  monographs  upon  efficiency  and  (at  the  present  time) 
upon  war. 

F'unetion. — "  To  promote  efficiency  in  the  individual,  to  popu- 
larize its  practice,  and  to  develop  personal  efficiency  as  appllea 
to  every  problem  of  life."  Accordingly  it  aims  "  to  make  avail- 
able and  of  practical  value  to  the  average  man  the  best  results 
attending  the  work  of  experts  iu  the  universities,  factories, 
studios,  and  even  the  plajing  field  of  the  country."  At  the 
present  time  the  institute  is  directing  its  attention  almost 
exclusively  to  matter  pertaining  to  the  efficient  conduct  of  the 
war,  and  to  the  furtherance  of  it  lias  organized  a  war-service 
bureau. 

Publications. — The  Independent  is  the  official  organ  of  the 
institute,  and  Edward  Earle  Purintou,  chairman  of  the  edi- 
torial board,  conducts  a  department  in  that  periodical. 

At  this  time  plans  are  being  made  for  a  series  of  authorita- 
tive handbooks  of  the  war.  As  announced,  the  first  is  to  be 
written  by  Henry  Woodhouse,  governor  of  the  Aero  Club  of 
America,  and  entitled  "  The  Eyes  of  Our  Army  and  Navy." 
Others  of  the  series  are  to  be  "  Efficiency  and  Naval  Defense," 
by  Rear  Admiral  Bradley  A.  Fiske ;  "  Efficiency  and  National 
Defense,"  by  Maj.  Gen.  Leonard  Wood ;  and  a  monograph,  by 
E.  St.  Elmo  Lewis,  dealing  with  the  business  organization  of 
the  war. 

References. — Further  information  concerning  the  National 
Institute  of  Efficiency  is  to  be  found  in  the  following  numbers 


UNITED  STATES  AT  WAE.  73 

of  the  Independent:  March  27,  1916,  volume  85,  445;  Ajiril  14, 
1917,  volume  90,  144;  May  19,  1917,  voltune  90,  33U. 

98.  National  Research  Council. 

Headquarters. — 29  West  Tliirty-uinth  Street,  New  York  City; 
O.  T.  Hutchinson,  secretary. 

Originntcd  in  a  unanimous  vote  of  tlie  National  Academy  f»f 
Sciences,  passed  April  19,  191(5,  to  offer  its  services  to  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  in  the  interest  of  liational  prepared- 
ness. This  resulted  in  a  request  from  President  Wilson  that 
the  academy  carry  its  offer  into  effect.  Steps  were  at  once 
taken  to  organize  the  National  Research  Council.  July  24 
President  Wilson  offered  the  cooperation  of  the  departments 
of  the  Government. 

Membership  consists  of  a  number  of  leading  scientists  of 
ihe  country  and  representatives  of  the  scientific  research  bu- 
reaus of  the  Government.  For  list  of  members  see  Proceedings 
of  the  National  Academy  of  Science.  October,  1916,  volume  2, 
page  608,  and  Science,  October  20,  1916,  page  .562. 

Fvnction. — To  prepare  an  inventory  of  research,  equipment, 
and  men;  to  promote  cooperation,  especially  with  educational 
institutions,  research  foundations,  and  Government  bureaus; 
all  to  strengthen  the  national  defense  and  to  render  the  United 
States  independent  of  foreign  sources  of  supply  liable  to  be 
affected  by  the  war. 

Funds  of  the  engineering  foundation  have  been  placed  at  its 
disposal  for  one  year. 

PuhlicationH. — RepcM't  of  the  organizing  committee  in  Proceed- 
ings of  National  Academy  of  Science,  1916,  volume  2,  pages 
507-510.  First  annual  report  in  same  for  October.  1916,  pages 
602-608. 

References. — Science,  August  25,  reprints  the  report  of  the 
organizing  committee,  and  October  20  tlie  report  of  the  first 
meeting  of  the  council.  See  the  Nation,  October  19,  1916,  page 
369,  for  article  descriptive  of  its  purpose. 

99.  National  Service  Reserve. 

Plans  were  submitted  by  George  W.  I'epper  to  the  Council 
of  National  Defense  for  a  great  national  association  to  corre- 
late the  numerous  organizations  offering  services  in  various 
fields,  thus  "  lifting  this  burden  from  Government  officials  and 
giving  all  an  opportunity  to  serve  without  duplication  or  waste 
of  energy."  ( New  York  Times,  May  4,  1917.  p.  1,  col.  7 ;  p.  2, 
col.  7.) 


74  LIBRARY   OP   CONGRESS. 

100.  Naval  Consulting  Board. 

Haulquartcrs. — Navy  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Organized  by  Mr.  Daniels,  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  on  October 
6-7,  1915. 

Membership. — Members  elected  by  11  engineering  societies,  as 
follows,  with  Thomas  A.  Edison,  chairman : 

American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  Frank  Julian 
Sprague  and  Benjamin  G.  Lamme. 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  William  L.  Saunders 
and  Benjamin  B.  Thayer. 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  William  Le  Roy 
Emmet  and  Spencer  Miller. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  Andrew  M.  Hunt  and 
Alfred  Craven. 

American  Chemical  Society,  W.  R.  Whitney  and  L.  H.  Baeke- 
land. 

American  Electrochemical  Society,  .Joseph  W.  Richards  and 
Ijawrence  Addicks. 

Inventors'  Guild,  Peter  Cooper  Hewitt  and  Thomas  Robins. 

American  Society  of  Aeronautic  Engineers,  Henry  A.  W. 
Wood  and  Elmer  A.  Sperry. 

American  Society  of  Automobile  Engineers,  Howni-d  E.  Coftin 
and  Andrew  L.  Riker. 

American  Aeronautical  Society.  Mathew  B.  Sellers  and  Hud- 
son Maxim. 

American  Mathematical  Society,  Robert  S.  Woodward  and 
Arthur  G.  Webster. 

Function.. — Originally  to  study  the  question  of  preparedness 
and  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Navy.  Examines  inven- 
tions relating  to  naval  warfare.  Through  its  committee  on  in- 
dustrial preparedness  the  board  has  made  an  inventory  of  the 
industries  which  can  produce  Army  and  Navy  supplies;  has 
worked  out  a  plan  for  placing  educational  orders  with  manu- 
facturers whereby  they  can  get  the  experience  needed  to  fill 
Government  orders  for  arms,  munitions,  etc.,  and  has  demon- 
strated that  skilled  labor  must  be  kept  enrolled  so  that  it  can  not 
enlist,  but  must  be  kept  at  work  in  the  industrial  plants.  From 
the  activities  of  this  committee,  under  its  chairman.  Howard  E. 
Coffin,  has  developed  the  Council  of  National  Defense. 

Publication.^. — Industrial    Research    Stations.     1916. 

References. — Engineering  Magazine,  September,  1916,  descrip- 
tive. Including  methods  of  securing  information;  Iron  Trade 
Review,  .January  11,  1917,  historical  and  descriptive;  Scientific 
American.  October  2,  1915,  pages  301  and  326 ;  and  Engineering 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  75 

Mii;,'aziiio,  November,  lOlo,  Rives  biographif.-jil  sketches  of  the 
members.  See  also  Metallurgical  and  Chemical  Engineering, 
October  15,  1915,  for  organization  and  functions. 

101.  Navy  Department. 

An  article,  "  How  the  Navy  Department  is  organized,"  in  the 
Engineering  Magazine,  November,  1915,  gives  three  diagrams 
showing  the  present  organization,  the  organization  under  Secre- 
tary Meyer,  and  the  arrangement  under  an  ab.solute  monarchy. 

102.  Neutrality  Board. 

The  Neutrality  board  was  formed  to  advise  the  State  Depart- 
ment on  questions  relating  to  the  neutrality  of  the  United  States 
in  the  European  war,  and  was  composed  of  James  Scott  Brown, 
chairman.  Rear  Admiral  Oliver,  and  Rear  Admiral  Knapp. 
(On  his  death  Capt.  Fletcher  took  his  place.)  On  May  4,  1917, 
Secretary  of  State  Lansing  informed  Mr.  Brown  that  the  serv- 
ices of  the  board  were  no  longer  needed. 

103.  Officers  Reserve  Corps. 

"  Special  Regulations  No.  43,"  just  issunl  by  The  Adjutant 
General,  United  States  Army,  and  to  be  obtained  on  application 
to  that  oflfice,  contains  information  on  the  duties  and  re<iuii'e- 
ments  of  the  corps,  examinations,  appointments,  etc. 

104.  Official  Bulletin,  Division  of. 

A  division  of  the  Committee  on  public  information,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  publish  a  daily  paper.  See  Public  Information. 
Committee  on.     (112) 

Has  published  daily  since  May  10  the  Official  Bulletin.  Sub- 
scription rates,  1  year  $5.  6  months  $3.  10  Jackson  Place,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

105.  Pictures,  Division  of. 

A  division  of  the  Committee  on  pul)!ic  information  whose  dut.v 
concerns  motion  pictures,  wews  photographs,  posters,  and  illus- 
trations.    See  Public  Information.  Committee  on.     (112) 

106.  Platinum. 

The  vital  position  of  platinum  in  the  production  of  chemicals 
entering  into  the  manufacture  of  explosives  has  emphasized  the 
scarcity  of  the  metal  and  called  forth  from  the  Geological  Survey 
the  following,  which  may  be  obtained  from  the  Publication  Divi- 
sion of  the  Geological  Survey  on  application : 

"  Gold-platinum-palladium  lode  in  southern  Nevada,"  by 
Adolph  Knopf,  April  12,  1915.     (Bulletin  620  A.) 


76  LIBRARY   OF    CONGRESS. 

"  Platinum  and  allied  metals  in  1914  and  1915,"  by  James  M, 
Hill.  (Two  advance  sections  of  Minei-al  Resources  of  the 
United  States,  1914  and  1915.) 

"Platinum,"  by  James  M.  Hill.  (Advance  section  of  Bulletin 
666,  entitled  "  Our  mineral  supplies."  It  is  issued  as  Bulletin 
666-(7. 

Among  other  sources  of  information  are  The  Mineral  Indus- 
try during  1915,  New  York.  1916.  .$10,  pages  572-.583 ;  En- 
gineering and  Mining  Journal,  April  6,  1917,  volume  103,  pages 
4-6.       • 

Substitutes. — Among  books  and  periodical  articles  dealing  with 
substitutes  for  platinum  are  "  Development  of  practical  substi- 
tutes for  platinum  and  its  alloys,"  by  F.  A.  Fahrenwald,  pub- 
lished by  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  New  York, 
191G,  25  cents;  "The  minei-al  industry  during  1915,"  New  York, 
1916,  $10,  pages  582  and  583 ;  "  Silver-palladium  alloy,  substitute 
for  platinum,  patented  by  P.  R.  Heyl,"  Metallurgical  and  Chem- 
ical Engineering,  February  1,  1916,  volume  14,  page  164. 

War  uses. — An  article  entitled  "  War  importance  of  platinum  " 
appears  in  the  Engineering  and  Mining  Journal  for  August  26, 
1916,  volume  102,  pages  385-386.  See  also  New  York  Times, 
May  29,  1917,  page  5,  columns  3-4.  An  article  on  the  uses  of 
platinum  entitled  "  Why  platinum  is  in  .such  demand,"  appeared 
in  the  New  York  Times  May  13,  1917,  section  2,  page  8,  columns 
5-6.  See  also  "  Nation's  need  of  platinum,"  the  Annalist, 
April  23,  1917,  page  557 ;  "  The  hunt  for  platinum,"  the  Annal- 
ist, May  7,  1917,  page  606. 

107.  Post  Office   Department. 

A  statistical  account  of  the  operations  of  the  Post  Office  De- 
partment under  existing  abnormal  conditions  is  printed  in  the 
Annalist,  January  15,  1917,  pages  116-117,  with  the  title  "  Uncle 
Sam's  Itillion-dollar  business." 

108.  Potash. 

The  cutting  off  of  the  potash  supply  from  Germany  has 
resulted  in  extensive  investigations  into  possible  sources  of 
•supply  within  the  United  States  by  the  Government,  notably 
the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  the  Geological  Survey. 
The  Geological  Survey  has  reprinted  from  its  Mineral  Re- 
sources for  each  year  "  Potash  salts  summary  "  which  may  be 
had  free  on  application  to  the  Survey.  It  has  also  reprinted  for 
free  distribution  advance  chapters  by  H.  S.  Gale  from  its  "Con- 
tributions to  economic  geology."  Tliese  deal  with  "  Our  min- 
eral supplies,"  "Potash  and  other  salines,"  and  "The  search 


UNITED    STATES    AT    WAR,  77 

for  potash  In  the  United  States."  rnun  the  same  source  is 
reprinted  a  chapter  l)y  James  H.  Han<e  <>ii  '  I'otash  in  western 
saline  deposits."  Attention  shouhl  also  he  directed  to  United 
States  Geological  Survey  Bulletin  No.  530,  1913,  which  contains 
"The  searcli  for  i>otash  in  the  Desert  liasin  Region,"  l)y  H.  S. 
(Jale,  pa;;es  295-312.  and  '•  Occurrence  of  i)()tasli  salts  in  the 
bitterns  of  the  eastern  United  States,"  l)y  W.  C.  Plialeii,  pages 
313-329,  30  <ents  jtaper,  45  ciMits  cloth;  and  td  I'.ulletin  No.  512, 
"  Potasli-bearing  rocks  of  the  Ueucite  Hills.  Sweetwater  County, 
Wyo.,"  by  Alfred  R.  Schultz  and  Whitman  Cross,  5  cents. 

The  Department  of  Agriculture  has  i)uhlislieil  a  number  of 
circulars  and  bulletins  dealing  with  particular  regions  and 
minerals.  Particular  attention  slioidd  l)e  directed  to  the  fol- 
lowing: "  Possil»le  sources  of  ]»otash  in  the  United  States,"  by 
Prank  K.  Cameron,  published  in  the  Agricultural  Yearbook, 
1912.  pages  523-536  ($1),  and  also  i)ublished  as  a  separate,  5 
cents;  "Potash  from  kelp."  by  the  same  author,  published  as 
Report  No.  100  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 
$2;  "The  use  of  feldspathic  rocks  as  fertilizers,"  hy  Allerton  S. 
(jushman,  published  by  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  as  Bulle- 
tin No.  104,  5  cents;  and  "  Fertili/ei-  vcsuurci's  i.f  the  United 
States,"  published  as  Sixty-second  Congress,  second  session. 
Senate  Document  190.  75  cents. 

The  Department  of  (\)tnmerce  has  contributed  a  report  by 
T.  H.  Norton,  "Potash  iiroduction  in  California  and  potash 
from  kelp,"  5  cents. 

All  of  the  above-meiitiotu'd  puitlicatioiis  may  be  purcliase<l 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents.  ;it  tlie  prices  Mimexed. 
(38) 

See  also  "  Mobilization  of  iM»tash  resources,"  by  W.  Kiitzleb, 
in  The  Annalist.  May  7,  1917,  page  G2S,  which  descril)es  a 
possible  production  of  2,000,000  tons  a  year  as  a  by-i)roduct  of 
cement  plants,  marketable  at  $15  a  ton.  In  the  lUilletin  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  for  January  1917, 
No,  121,  pages  1-32,  R.  J.  Wy.sor  tells  of  work  wliich  is  l)eing 
done  in  the  making  of  potash  iis  a  by-product  of  the  Idast 
furnace. 

The  First  National  Baidc  of  Boston  called  attention  on  April 
18,  1917.  to  the  fact  that  In  1910  20,000.000  pounds  of  potash, 
having  a  value  of  .$3,500,000,  were  produced,  and  authorities 
are  quite  unanimous  in  the  opinion  that  future  results  will  be 
materially  better.  The  value  of  the  1910  product  was  more 
than  ten  times  that  of  1915,  and  about  t\vo-an<l-;i-half  times  the 
amount  of  18G0,   the  previous  high  figure.     Both   ipiantily   and 


78  LIBEAKY    OF    CONGRESS. 

value  of  productions  for  the  year  just  closed  exceeded,  respec- 
tively, thcise  of  tlie  imported  product  for  the  first  time  since 
1905,  the  earliest  period  for  which  both  production  and  import 
figures  are  strictly  compnr.nble. 

109.  Poultry  Raising. 

The  Department  of  Aj^riculture  has  published  a  "Back-yard 
poultry  leaflet."  to  be  had  on  application  to  the  department.  It 
gives  instructions  for  the  care  of  a  snuill  flock  of  hens,  housing 
and  feeding  of  poultry  for  home  consumption,  feeding  of  young 
chicks,  destruction  of  poultry  mites,  care  of  setting  hens,  brood- 
ing chickens,  preserving  eggs,  winter  eggs,  and  special  feeds. 

110.  Prize  Cases,  Great  Britain. 

The  reports  of  the  prize  cases  have  been  published  separately 
under  the  following  title :  "  British  and  colonial  cases,  reports 
of  prize  cases  decided  during  the  present  war  in  the  courts  of 
Great  Britain  and  the  over-seas  dominions."  So  far  seven  parts 
have  been  issued.  I'art  1-5,  forming  volume  1,  contains  the 
cases  of  1914-15 ;  parts  6-7  contain  the  cases  down  to  April. 
191G.  These  are  published  by  Stevens  &  Sons,  London.  Price, 
7/6  each.     (v.  1,  cloth,  £2.) 

The  prize  cases  also  appear  currently  in  the  Law  Times  Re- 
ports and  Law  Reports,  probate  division. 

111.  Prohibition  in  War. 

The  Committee  of  Sixty,  with  Prof.  Irving  Fisher  as  presi- 
dent, has  undertaken  to  conserve  the  grain  supply  by  diverting 
it  from  the  manufacture  of  liquors.  A  joint  meeting  with  a 
committee  of  the  American  Brewers'  Association  was  ar- 
ranged to  discuss  the  problem.  See  New  York  Times,  May  3, 
1917,  page  6.  column  4.  For  the  results  of  the  conference  see 
New  York  Times,  May  15,  page  12,  column  8. 

The  prohibition  of  the  use  of  grain  for  distilling  purposes  has 
been  made  the  subject  of  hearings  before  the  Committee  on 
Agriculture  and  Forestry,  United  States  Senate,  and  parts  1-2 
of  the  hearings  have  been  printed  for  the  use  of  the  committee. 
These  can  only  be  obtained  from  INIembers  of  Congress,  for  whose 
use  a  limited  edition  is  printed. 

Two  articles  in  the  New  York  Evening  Post  May  19,  1917,  Sec- 
tion I,  occupy  the  most  of  pages  4  and  5.  They  cover  "  British 
restrictions  in  alcoholic  drinks,"  showing  what  restrictive  meas- 
ures have  been  adopted,  and  "  Prohibition  gaining  in  Great 
Britain."  showing  the  effects  of  the  restrictive  measures,  eco- 
nomic as  well  as  hygienic. 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  79 

The  National  Institute  of  Social  Sciences  has  taken  a  mail 
vote  on  prohibition  during  the  war — 360  affirmatives.  G2  nega- 
tives. 46  favoring  a  number  of  partial  schemes.  See  New  York 
Evening  Post,  May  2G.  1917,  page  11.  column  5. 

112.  Public  Information,  Committee  on. 

Headquarters. — 10  Jackson  Place,  Wasliington,  D.  C. 

Created  b.v  Executive  order  April  14,  1917. 

Mctnbersliip  and  organizatio)i. — The  conniiittee  consists  of  the 
Secretaries  of  State,  War,  and  Navy,  and  Mr.  George  Creel, 
civilian  chairman.  The  work  of  the  committee  is  at  present 
handled  by  seven  divisions.  ' 

Division  of  external  communications,  lo  censor  cables  and 
watch  the  Mexican  border. 

Division  of  publicity,  to  gather  news  from  various  Govern- 
ment departments  and  disseminate  it  to  the  newspapers. 

Division  of  visg,  covering  the  reading  of  daily,  weekly,  and 
monthly  publications  and  the  telegraphic  agencies. 

Division  of  foreign  correspondents  and  foreign  language  pub- 
lications, keeping  in  touch  with  sentiment  of  foreign  press  and 
American  press  in  foreign  languages. 

Division  of  pictures,  .covering  motion  pictures,  news  photo- 
gi'aphs,  posters,  and  illustrations. 

Division  of  Official  Bulletin,  publishing  daily  paper. 

Division  of  civic  and  educational  cooperation,  to  use  existing 
education  and  civic  agencies  to  stimulate  public  opinion  concern- 
ing the  issues  of  war  and  disseminate  information  on  the  issues 
at  stake. 
Fimction: 

EXECUTIVE  ORDER. 

I  hereby  create  a  Committee  on  Public  Information,  to  be 
composed  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Secretary  of  War.  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  and  a  civilian  who  shall  be  charged  with 
the  executive  direction  of  the  committee. 

As  civilian  chairman  of  the  committee  I  appoint  Mr.  George 
Creel. 

The  Secretary  of  State,  the  Secretary  of  War.  and  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy  are  authorized  each  to  detail  an  officer  or 
officers  to  the  work  of  the  conmiittee. 

WooDROW  Wilson. 

April  14,  1917. 


80  LIBRARY    OF   CONGRESS. 

Letter  to  the  President  : 

(The  I'rosideufs  action  in  creating  tlie  Conmiittee  on  Public 
Information  was  based  on  the  following  letter  signed  by  the 
Secretaries  of  State,  War,  and  Navy:) 

April  13,  1917. 

Dear  Mk.  President:  Even  tliough  the  cooperation  of  the  press 
has  been  generous  and  jiatriotic,  there  is  a  steadily  developing 
need  for  some  authoritative  agency  to  assure  the  publication  of 
all  the  vital  facts  of  national  defense.  Premature  or  ill-advised 
announcements  of  policies,  plans,  and  specific  activities,  whether 
iiniocent  or  otherwise,  would  constitute  a  source  of  danger. 

While  there  is  much  that  is  properly  secret  in  connection  with 
the  departments  of  the  Goverimient,  the  total  is  small  compared 
to  the  vast  amount  of  information  that  it  is  right  and  proper 
for  the  people  to  have. 

America's  great  present  needs  are  confidence,  enthusiasm,  and 
service,  and  these  needs  will  not  be  met  completely  unless  every 
citizen  is  given  the  feeling  of  partnership  that  comes  with  full, 
frank  statements  concerning  the  conduct  of  the  public  business. 

It  is  our  opinion  that  the  two  functicms — censorship  and  pub- 
licity— can  be  .ioined  in  honesty  and  with  profit,  and  we  recom- 
mend the  creation  of  a  Committee  on  Public  Information.  The 
<'hairman  should  be  a  civilian,  preferably  some  writer  of  proved 
courage,  ability,  and  vision,  able  to  gain  the  understanding  co- 
operation of  the  press  and  at  the  same  time  rally  the  authors 
of  the  country  to  a  work  of  service.  Other  members  should  be 
the  Secretary  of  State,  the  StM-retary  of  War,  the  Secret;iry  of 
the  Navy,  or  an  officer  or  officers  detailed  to  the  work  by  them. 

AVe  believe  you  have  the  undoubted  authority  to  create  this 
Committee  on  Public  Information  without  waiting  for  further 
legislation,  and  because  of  the  importance  of  the  task  and  its 
pressing  necessity  we  trust  tliat  you  will  see  fit  to  do  so. 

The  committee,  upon  appointment,  can  pi-oceed  to  the  framing 
of  i-egulations  and  the  creation  of  macliinery  that  will  safeguard 
all  information  of  value  to  an  enemy,  and  at  the  same  time  open 
f'vcry  department  of  Covcrnment  to  the  inspection  of  the  people 
as  far  as  possible.  Sucli  i-egulntions  and  such  machinery  will, 
of  coui'se,  be  submitted  for  your  ni)provnl  Ix'fore  becoming  effec- 
tive. 

Respectfully. 

Robert  Lansing. 
Newton  D.  P>akek. 
.Tosephts  Daniels. 


UNITED  STATES  AT  WAB.  81 

Appropriation.— Oiwvuihiii  ou  the  budget  of  the  Executive 
office. 

rubUcat i on. s.—Ofl\c\ a \  r.ulh'tiii,  duily.  (104)  The  followiufi 
publications  have  just  appeared  and  can  )«;  had  on  application  : 
"Preliminary  statement  to  the  i)ress  of  the  United  States,'  20  p. 
"War  messajie  and  facts  bcliind  it.  Delivered  before  Con^res.s 
April  2,  1917,  with  annotations  giving  the  leading  facts  on  which 
the  rupture  with  Germany  was  developed,  the  issues  of  inter- 
national law,  and  contrasting  the  spirit  of  Prussiauism  and 
Americanism."    IG  p. 

References. — Sec  New  York  Evening  Post,  May  24,  1917,  page 
7,  columns  1-2,  descriptive,  and  the  Bulletin  of  the  Authors' 
League  of  America,  April,  1917,  pages  3-5,  touches  upon  the 
duties  of  writers. 

113.  Publicity,  Division  of. 

A  division  of  the  Committee  on  Public  Information,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  gather  news  from  various  Government  departments 
and  disseminate  it  to  the  newspapers.  See  Public  Information, 
Committee  on.      (112) 

114.  Radio  Telegraphy. 

The  Bureau  of  Navigation  of  the  Department  of  Commerce 
publishes  the  following  concerning  radio  communication  in  the 
United  States,  which  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent 
of  Documents  at  the  prices  Indicated.  (38)  "  Radio  commu- 
nication laws  and  regulations  of  the  United  States."  15  cents. 
"  Radio  stations  of  the  United  States."  Issued  annually.  This 
Is  a  list  of  both  land  and  ship  stations.  Amateur  stations  are 
Included.  15  cents.  "Radio  service  bulletin."  This  contains 
tables  of  new  stations,  amendments  to  or  changes  in  the  radio 
laws,  etc.  Amateur  stations  are  not  referred  to.  Issued 
monthly,  5  cents  a  single  copy,  25  cents  a  year.  "  Important 
events  in  radiotelegraphy."     5  cents. 

115.  Railroad  Commission  to  the  Russian  Government. 

The  United  States  Railroad  Commission  to  the  Russian  Gov- 
ernment, consisting  of  five  prominent  railroad  engineers,  left 
Washington  on  May  9. 

Membership. — John  F.  Stevens,  chairman ;  W.  L.  Darling ; 
Henry  Miller;  George  Glbbs;  and  J.  P.  Griuer.  The  chairman 
has  been  made  a  special  minister  plenipotentiary. 

Function. — To  study  the  railroad  situation  in  Russia,  with  a 
view  to  furnishing  the  Russian  national  authorities  with  roll- 


82  LIBRAKY   OF   CONGRESS. 

ing  stock  and  othfer  material  needed  to  increase  the  efficiency  of 
tlie  Russian  and  Siberian  railroads.  See  New  York  Times,  May 
10,  1917,  page  8,  columns  1-2. 

116.  Railroads. 

In  accordance  with  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  presidents 
of  the  railroads  April  11,  in  order  to  produce  a  maximum  of 
national  trtinsportation  efficiency  during  the  war,  the  direction 
of  the  railroads  of  the  United  States  has  been  placed  in  the 
hands  of  an  Executive  committee  of  the  Special  Committee  on 
National  Defense  of  the  American  Railway  Association. 

From  time  to  time  this  committee  pul)lishes  bulletins  of  their 
activities,  and  to  date  have  published  five  numbers.  Copies  can 
be  procured  by  libraries  on  application  to  the  American  Railway 
Association,  Conference  Committee  on  Car  Efficiency,  Room  66, 
Kellogg  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 

No.  1,  issued  April  20,  deals  with  the  organization  of  the  work, 
and  contains  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  members  of  the 
various  committees,  subcommittees,  and  general  agents ;  No.  2, 
issued  April  27,  gives  statistics  of  the  railroad  equipment  needed 
to  move  an  army,  and  outlines  the  relations  between  the  Army 
and  the  railroads;  No.  3,  issued  April  30,  gives  the  action  of 
the  committee  in  ordering  all  railroads  of  the  United  States  to 
give  coal  and  iron  ore  preference  over  all  other  traffic;  No.  4, 
issued  May  9,  is  an  appeal  to  the  railroads  to  increase  their 
efficiency,  and  points  out  how  the  railroads  can  do  more  work 
with  existing  facilities;  No.  5,  issued  May  24,  outlines  a  plan 
of  the  Railroads  War  Board,  organized  especially  to  opei-ate  all 
the  railroads  of  the  country  as  one  system  for  purposes  of  na- 
tional defense,  whereby  the  fuel  supply  of  the  railroads  will  be 
conserved.  The  plan  of  the  Railroacls  War  Board  for  American 
railroads  to  help  the  railroads  of  France  is  also  given. 

The  Library  of  the  Bureau  of  Railway  Economics  has  pre- 
pared an  extensive  "  List  of  references  on  the  use  of  railroads 
in  war."  This  was  first  printed  in  the  November,  1914,  issue  of 
"  Special  libraries,"  volume  5,  pages  134-143.  The  list  was 
later  extended  and  issued  in  minleograplied  form  August  2,  191.5, 
and  libraries  desiring  copies  can  secure  them  on  application  to 
the  Library  of  the  Bureau  of  Railway  Economics,  429  Homer 
Building,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  Division  of  Bibliography, 
Library  of  Congress,  has  prepared  a  mimeographed  "  List  of  re- 
cent references  on  railroads  in  war,"  which  deals  more  espe- 
cially with  the  present  war,  with  i>articular  reference  to  the 
United  States.     This  may  be  had  by  libraries  on  application. 


UNITED   STATES  AT   WAR.  83 

See  also  Edwin  A.  Pratt's  "  The  rise  of  rail  power  in  war  and 
conquest,  1833-1914,"  published  by  P.  S.  King  &  Son,  Loudon, 
1915,  which  contains  a  bil)lograpliy  on  pages  37(>-397 ;  an 
article  by  C.  H.  Grusty,  "Epochal  changes  in  train  of  war," 
New  Yorlj  Times,  May  1,  1917.  page  12,  c<iluiuns  7-8;  also 
the  New  York  Times  Magazine  Section,  May  13.  1917,  page  7, 
"America's  railways  in  single  system  for  war." 

317.   Railroads,  Canada. 

Tlie  "  Report  of  the  Royal  Coinmission  to  inqyire  into  railways 
and  transportation  in  Canada,"  printed  in  1917  as  sessional 
paper.  No.  20g,  deals  with  the  i-elation  of  the  Dominion  Govern- 
ment to  the  railroads,  the  crisis  being  partly  due  to  the  stress  of 
war  conditions.  Recommends  the  creation  of  a  special  board  to 
manage  nil  lines  except  the  C.uiadian  Pacific.  This  is  for  sale 
by  the  government  printer,  J.  de  L.  Tachg,  Ottawa,  price  15 
cents. 

118.  Railroads,  Great  Britain. 

The  Annalist,  May  7,  1917,  page  62.5,  contains  an  article  "  War 
operations  of  English  railroads,"  by  W.  M.  Acworth.  Describes 
the  operation  of  English  railways  by  an  executive  committee  of 
general  managers  under  Government  guaranty  of  revenue. 

119.  Railroads,  Car  Shortage. 

An  article  by  H.  M.  Frazer.  "  Cutting  out  dead  weight  trallic," 
in  The  Annalist,  February  2G,  1917,  page  300.  suggests  a  remedy 
for  car  shortage  by  a  larger  use  of  package  cars  for  small  ship- 
ments. Includes  a  brief  statement  of  cases  and  causes  of  con- 
gestion of  railway  traffic. 

120.  Railroads,  Publications  of  the  American  Railway  Association. 
The  following  list  of  the  various  publications  of  the  associa- 
tion and  its  committees  since  June,  1916,  which  deal  with  the 
military  transportation  has  been  prepared  by  the  Bureau  of 
Railway  Economics,  429  Homer  Building.  Washington,  D.  C. : 

National  Railways  Corporation.    30  East  Forty-second  Street. 
New  York  City. 

Railway  preparedness  bulletin:  Volume  1:  No.  1,  March 
1,  1917,  8  pages;  No.  2,  April,  1917,  pages  9-16:  No.  3, 
May.  1917,  pages  17-24. 
American  Railway  Association : 

Circulars  [mimeographed  and  printed]  — 

No.  1698.  June  22.  1916.     [Cards  used  in  shipments  of 
army  supplies]. 


84  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

American  Uailway  Associatiun — Coutiuued. 

Circulars  [mimeographed  and  printed] — Continued. 

No.  1700.  June  24,  1916.  [Card  used  in  sliipments  of 
army  suppli(?s].     1  page. 

No.  1701.  June  24,  1916.  [Special  committee  on  co- 
operation with  the  military  authorities,  representa- 
tives of  this  committee  to  be  stationed  at  militia 
mobilization  camps].     2  pages. 

No.  1703.  June  29,  1916.  [Letter  of  President  Wilson 
to  association].     1  page. 

No.  1707.  July  21,  1916.  [Pi-eliminary  report  of  spe- 
cial committee  on  cooperation  with  the  military  au- 
thorities].    1  page. 

No.  1795.  February  17,  1917.  [Change  of  name  of 
committee  to  special  committee  on  national  defense, 
with  membership].     1  page. 

No.  1845.  May   8,  1917.      [Cooperation  between  rail- 
ways subscribing  to  action  of  railway  executives 
on  Apr.  11,  1917].     6  pages. 
Oar  Service  Commission : 
Circulars  [printed] — 

No.  1.  December  11,  1916.     [Announcement].    1  page. 

No.  2.  December  11.  1916.  [Cars  loaded  with  com- 
pany material].    1  page. 

No.  3.  December  16,  1916.  [Redistribution  of  box 
cars].     1  page. 

No.  4.  December  20.  1916.  [Cotton  shipments].  1 
page. 

No.  5.  December  18, 1916.  [Requesta  to  railways  with 
respect  to  return  of  equipment  to  owning  com- 
panies].    1  page. 

No.  6.  December  22,' 1916.  [Per  diem  rules  amend- 
ments].   1  page. 

No.  7.  December  22,  1916.  [Reports  of  box  cars  inter- 
changed].   1  page. 
Bulletins  [printed] — 

No.  1.  December  7,  1916.  [What  the  railroads  are 
doing  to  relieve  the  car  shortage].    4  pages. 

No.  2.  December  13,  1916.  [Interstate  Commerce 
Commission  on  the  car  shortage].    7  pages. 

No.  3.  December  19,  1916.  [What  the  railroads  are 
doing  to  relieve  car  shortage :  To  enlist  public  opin- 
ion against  delinquent  roads].    3  leaves. 


UNITED   STATLS  AT   WAE.  86 

American  Railway  Association — ContinutMl. 
Car  Service  Commission — fjontinued. 
Bulletins  [printed]— Continue'!. 

No.  4.  December  23,  1916.     [What  the  railroads  are 
doing  to  relieve  car  shortage :  Delinquent  railroads 
are  named  by  commission  on  car  service].    4  pages. 
No.  5.  January  3,  1917.     [Moving  troops  to  the  Mexi- 
can border,  from  the  Army  viewpoint].    4  pages. 
No.  6.  February  6,  1917.     [What  the  railroads  have 
lost  in  10  years  from  car  idleness  and  car  short- 
age].    8  pages. 
No.  7.  March  1,  1917.     [What  the  railroads  are  doing 
to  relie\e  cur  shortage :  A  statement  by  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  issued  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1917.]     4  pages. 
No.  8.  March  7.  1917.     [What  the  railroads  are  doing 
to  make  "  embargoes  "  helpful  to  the  public] 
4  pages. 
No.  9.  March  28,  1917.     [What  the  railroads  are  do- 
ing to  clean  up  old  freight.]     4  pages. 
Special  Committee  on  National  Defense : 
Bulletins  [printed] — 

No.  1.  April   20,   1917.     [How   the  railroads  will   be 

operated  during  the  war.]     8  pages. 
No,  2.  April   27,   1917.      [How  much   railroad   equip- 
ment is  needed  to  move  an  army?]     4  pages. 
No.  3.  April  30,  1917.     [Railroads,  in  interest  of  the 
Nation,  to  give  preferred  movement  to  ship- 
ments of  iron  and  coal.]     4  pages. 
No,  4.  May  9,  1917.     [The  railroads'  supreme  patriotic 
duty   to   the  Nation :   Efficiency   of  existing 
railroad   facilities   must   be    increased.]      7 
pages. 
No.  5.  May  24,  1917.     [Steps  to  conserve  fuel  supply.] 
4  pages. 
Special  Committee  on  Cooperation  with  the  Military  Au- 
thorities,   later    the    Special    Committee   on   National 
Defense. 
Bulletins  [printed] — 

No.    1.  .Tune  24,  1916.     [Circular  No.  1701  of  Ameri- 
can Railway  Association.]     2  leaves. 
No.    2.  June  27,  1916.     [Bulletin  for  the  information 
of  the  railways :   Re  movements  of  troops 
to  mobilization  points.]     2  leaves  and  chart. 


86  LIBRARY    OF    CONGRESS. 

Aiiicriciin  Itailwiiy  Assdciiitioii — C'dntiimcnl. 

SiJi'ciiil  Couiuiittee  on  (Jooperation   willi  Tlic   Military  Au- 
tliorities.  etc. — Continued. 
Bulletins  [printed] — ( 'ont  iiiiu'd. 

No.  3.  June  29,  1916.  [Bulletin  lor  the  information 
of  the  railways :  Re  interruptions  to  sche- 
dules of  troop  trains.]     1  page. 

No.  4.  July  1,  1916.  [Code  words  for  telegrams  to 
committee.]     1  page. 

No.  5.  July  6,  1916.  [Corps  of  Inspectors  to  coop- 
erate with  railway  and  Army  officials.]  1, 
page. 

No.  6.  January  2,  1917.  [Extracts  from  Quarter- 
master General's  annual  report  for  1916.] 
8  pages. 

No.  7.  January  25,  1917.  [Transportation  of  troops 
from  Mexican  border.]  1  sheet  [mimeo- 
graphed.] 

No.  8.  March  27,  1917.  [Outline  of  relations  between 
representatives  of  the  American  Railway 
Association  and  the  military  authorities,  in- 
cluding extract  from  Handbook  of  Trans- 
portation by  Rail  and  Commercial  Vessels 
of  the  Quartermaster  General  of  the  United 
States  Army.]  14  pages,  with  1  sheet  letter 
accompanying. 

No.    9.  April  16, 1917.     [Organization  of  Special  Com- 
mittee on  National  Defense.]     4  pages. 
Supplement  No.  1  to  Bulletin  No.  9.     May  9, 
1917.     [Additional  assigned  to  various  de- 
partments and  subcommittees.]     1  page. 

No.  10.  April  26,  1917.  [Special  order  governing  use 
and  handling  of  gondola  and  hopper  cars.] 
2  pages ;  and 

No.  11.  April  26,  1917.     [Approval  of  proposed  rules 
and    regulations    to    govern    handling    of 
freight   cars,    including   general   order   No. 
C.  S.  1.]     2  pages. 
Nos.  10  and  11  printed  together. 

No.  12.  May  4,  1917.     [Increase  the  efficiency  of  the 
railroads.]     4  pages. 
Supplement   to   No.   12.  May   22,   1917.     [Re- 
quest to  railways  to  report  monthly  freight 
operations.]     1  sheet  and  form. 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR,  SI 

American  Railway  Association — Continued. 

Special   Committee  on  Cooperation   wirli  tlu'  .Military   Au- 
thorities, etc. — Continued. 
Bulletins  [printed] — Continued. 

No.  13.  May  9,  1917.     [Transportation  of  officers,  en- 
listed men,  and  inspectors.]     1  page. 
No.  14.  May  17,  1917.     [Designation  of  Reserve  Corps 
training  camps.]     1  page; 

121.  Raw  Materials,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Advisory  coimiiissioii  of  the  Council  of 
National   Defense.      Benianl   M.   lianich,  chairman.      (35) 

122.  Recruiting  Exemptions. 

The  Council  of  National  L)efen.se  is  studying  the  question  of 
exemptions  from  recruiting  in  certain  trades  where  special  skill 
is  required  or  which  are  essental  to  the  production  of  munitions 
and  supplies.  See  New  York  Times,  April  15,  section  1,  page  3, 
column  3,  which  gives  al.so  a  list  of  P>ritish  trades  exempted. 

123.  Red  Cross,  American  National. 

Headquarters. — Seventeenth  Street,  between  D  and  K  Streets 
NW.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Created. — Incorporated  by  Congress  January  5,  1905,  by  an 
act  entitled  "An  act  to  incorporate  the  American  National  Red 
Cross."  The  act  will  be  found  in  Statutes  at  Large,  Fifty- 
eighth  Congress,  third  session,  volume  33,  part  1,  chapter  23, 
pages  599-602. 

Organization. — The  governing  body  coiisists  of  a  central  com- 
mittee numbering  IS  per.sons.  appointed  in  the  manner  follow- 
ing: Six  by  the  incorporatoi's,  six  by  the  representatives  of  the 
State  and  Territorial  societies,  and  six  by  the  Pi-esident  of  the 
United  States,  one  of  whom  shall  be  designated  by  him  as 
chairmah,  and  one  each  to  be  named  by  him  from  the  Depart- 
ments of  State,  War,  Navy,  Treasury,  and  Justice.  The  central 
committee  appoints  an  executive  committee  of  seven  persons 
from  its  own  members.  At  present  tiie  national  officers  are: 
President,  Hon.  Woodrow  AVilson ;  vice  president,  Robert  W. 
DeForest ;  treasurer,  Hon.  John  Skelton  Williams ;  counselor, 
Hon.  John  W.  Davis ;  secretary,  Charles  L.  INIagee ;  chairnuin 
central  committee,  Hon.  William  Howard  Taft ;  vice  chairman, 
Eliot  Wadsworth. 

The  work  of  the  society  is  carried  on  under  the  following 
departments : 

Department  of  Chapters.  Kdgar  H.  ^^'ells.  director. 


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Department  of  Civilian  Relief.  W.  Frank  rer>si)ns.  director 
general. 

Department  of  Military  Relief,  Col.  .Teffer.son  R.  Kean,  di- 
rector general. 

Bureau  of  Medical  Service,  Maj.  Clarence  H.  Connor,  director. 

National  Committee  Red  Cross  Nursing  Service,  Miss  Jane  A. 
Delano,  chairman. 

Bureau  of  Nursing  Service,  Miss  Clai*a  D.  Noyes,  director. 

Bureau  of  Red  Cross  Supply  Service,  T.  W.  Farnam,  di- 
rector. 

Membership. — Every  resident  of  the  United  States  is  eligible 
to  Red  Cross  membership.  Annual  membership  is  $1,  subscrib- 
ing membership  $2.  sustaining  membership  .$10,  life  member.ship 
$25,  patron  membership,  $100. 

Functions. — The  purpo.ses  of  the  National  American  Red  Cross 
are: 

1.  To  furnish  volunteer  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded  in  time  of 
war. 

2.  To  act  in  matters  of  voluntary  relief  and  in  accord  with  the 
military  and  naval  authorities  as  a  medium  of  communication 
between  the  people  of  the  United  States  of  America  and  their 
Army  and  Navy. 

3.  To  carry  on  a  system  of  national  and  international  relief  in 
time  of  peace,  and  to  apply  the  same  to  mitigating  the  sufferings 
caused  by  pestilence,  famine,  fire,  floods,  and  other  great  na- 
tional calamities. 

Funds. — The  society  is  supported  by  voluntary  contributions 
of  money  and  supplies. 

Publicatioiis. — The  annual  report  of  the  American  National 
Red  Cross  is  published  as  a  Government  document  and  may  be 
obtained  through  one's  Congressman.  The  Red  Cross  Magazine 
is  the  official  organ  of  the  Red  Cross.  It  is  published  monthly 
by  Doubleday,  Page  &  Co.,  Garden  City,  N.  Y.,  at  $2  a  year ;  20 
cents  a  copy.  A  $2  membership  in  the  American  National  Red 
Cross  Society  entitles  one  to  the  magazine. 

Among  the  other  publications  of  the  Red  Cross  are  the  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross  textbook  on  first  aid,  by  Maj.  Charles  Lynch, 
which  is  issued  in  four  editions,  Woman's,  Miner's,  Railroad, 
and  Police  and  Firemen,  at  30  cents  each.  These  are  abridged 
from  a  comprehensive  textbook  entitled  "American  Red  Gross 
Textbook  on  First  Aid  and  Relief  Columns,"  price  $1.  There 
has  also  been  published  "  Elementary  hygiene  and  the  home 
care  of  the  sick,"  by  Jane  A.  Delano  and  Isabel  Mclsaac,  50 
cents,  cloth  $1 ;  and  the  "American  Red  Cross  textbook  on  home 


UNITED  STATES  AT  WAR.  89 

dietetics,"  by  Ada  Z.  Fisli,  $1.  Tliese  may  be  obtained  from  P. 
Blacliiston's  Son  &  Co.,  1012  Walnut  Street,  Pliiladelphia. 

References. — A  "  List  of  references  on  tlie  work  of  the  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross  in  the  European  war,"  prepared  by  the  Division 
of  Bibliography,  Library  of  Congress,  has  been  published  by  the 
Red  Cross  Society  and  may  be  obtained  upon  request  from  the 
Bureau  of  Publications  of  the  Department  of  Chapters  of  tlie 
American  National  Red  Cross,  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  President's  address  at  the  dedication  of  the  Red  Cross 
Building  in  Washington  on  May  12,  1917,  is  printed  in  the 
Oflicial  Bulletin  for  May  14,  No.  4  (104),  and  also  in  the  Con- 
gressional   Record    for    May    18,    1917,    page    265.      (38) 

124.   Red  Cross  War  Council. 

UeadquartevH. — Seventeenth  Street,  bet\\"een  D  and  E  Streets 
NW.,  Washington,  D,  C. 

Created. — The  Red  Cross  War  Council  was  created  by  Presi- 
dent Wilson  May  10,  1917,  and  consists  of  the  following  per- 
sons: Henry  P.  Davison  (chairman),  William  H.  Taft,  Edwin 
N.  Hurley,  Cornelius  N.  Bliss,  jr.,  Charles  D.  Norton,  Grayson 
M.  P.  Murphy,  and  Eliot  Wadsworth.  It  is  the  outgrowth  of  a 
meeting  of  prominent  business  men  called  by  President  Wilson 
April  21,  1917,  to  lay  plans  for  a  Red  Cross  fund-raising  cam- 
paign. It  has  undertaken  to  raise  money  for  the  relief  of  the 
dependent  families  of  United  States  soldiers  and  the  residents 
of  those  parts  of  France  from  which  the  Germans  have  been 
recently  driven. 

Publications. — The  council  has  not  published  anything  as  yet, 
confining  itself  thus  far  to  notices  in  the  daily  press.  The 
Survey,  May  19,  1917,  volume  38,  pages  162^,  has  an  article 
concerning  it,  entitled  "  The  Red  Cross  civilian  relief  plan." 

References. — In  the  Survey  have  appeared,  also,  two  series 
of  articles  dealing  with  civilian  relief;  the  first,  by  Paul  U. 
Kellogg,  entitled  "A  Canadian  city  in  war  time,"  issues  of 
March  17,  24,  31,  and  April  7,  21,  1917 ;  the  second,  by  Karl  de 
Schweinitz,  based  upon  lectures  delivered  in  New  York  by 
Porter  R.  Lee,  of  the  New  York  School  of  Philanthropy,  with 
the  sanction  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  entitled  "  The  task  of 
civilian  war  relief,"  issues  of  April  21,  28.  May  5,  12,  19,  26, 
1917.  The  former  series  has  been  published  by  the  Survey 
Associates  (Inc.),  112  East  Nineteenth  Street,  New  York  City, 
as  a  pamphlet.  Terms  upon  which  both  series  can  be  supplied 
may  be  obtained  by  writing  to  them. 


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125.  Red  Star  Animal   Relief,  American. 

See  Aiuoricaii  Red  Star  Animal  Relief.      (10) 
Russia,  American  Commission  to. 

See  American  Commission  to  Russia  (S). 

126.  Science  and  Research,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Advisory  commission  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense.  Dr.  Hollis  Godfrey,  chairman.  The  com- 
mittee also  includes  engineering  and  education.         (35) 

127.  Shipping,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  tlie  Council  of  National  Defen.se.  William 
Denman,  chairman.      (35) 

12S.   Shipping,  Government  Aid. 

The  Department  of  Commerce  has  published  the  following 
book  by  Grosvenor  ]\r.  .Tones  ui»on  Government  aid  to  merchant 
shipping: 

"  Government  aid  to  merchant  shipping.  Study  of  subsidies, 
subventions,  and  other  forms  of  State  aid  in  principal  countries 
of  the  world."  It  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Dociunents  for  25  cents.     (38) 

129.  Shipping,  Merchant  Vessels  of  the  United  States. 

The  Department  of  Commerce  publishes  an  annual  list  of  the 
merchant  vessels  of  the  United  States  with  the  official  numbers 
and  signal  letters  awarded  them.  It  may  be  obtained  from  the 
Supei'intendent  of  Documents  for  75  cents.     (38) 

The  Biu-eau  of  Navigation  of  the  Department  of  Commerce 
has  i.ssued  separately  part  six  of  its  annual  list  of  the  merchant 
vessels  of  the  United  States  under  the  title  "  Seagoing  vessels 
of  the  United  States  with  official  numbers  and  signal  letters." 
It  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for 
25  cents.     (38) 

130.  Shipping  Board,  United  States. 

Hcadqiinrter.s. — Munsey  Building,  Pennsylvania  Avenue. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Created  by  act  of  September  7,  1916. 

Membership  consists  of  William  Denman,  chairman,  Theodore 
Brent,  vice  chairman,  R.  B.  Stevens,  John  C.  Donald,  John  B. 
White. 

Function. — To  encourage,  develop,  and  create  a  naval  auxiliary 
and  naval  reserve  and  a  merchant  marine  to  meet  the  require- 
ments of  the  United  States  and  to  regulate  carriers  by  water. 
The  board  has  power  to  construct  and  equip,  purchase,  lease,  or 


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charter  vessels  for  use  as  naval  auxiliaries  in  time  of  war.     It 
is  also  empowered  to  orf,'anize  one  or  more  corporations  to  pur- 
chase, lease,  charter,  and  operate  the  vessels  authorized  to  he 
constrncted  by  this  act. 
LSI.   Ships,  Standardization. 

The  Department  of  Connnerce  has  i)ul)lished  a  pampldet  by 
E.  Piatt  Stratton,  entitled  "  Standardization  in  the  construction 
of  freif^ht  ships"  (iron  ships  only).  To  be  obtained  from  the 
Superintendent  of  Documents  for  5  cents.     (38) 

132.  Silver. 

In  The  Statist,  London,  February  24.  1917,  pages  313-315, 
there  is  an  article  "  Silver ;  world's  production  since  1860," 
which  gives  quantities  by  countries,  production  1851  to  1916, 
and  yearly  highest  and  lowest  prices. 

133.  Speculation. 

An  article  by  William  H.  Kent,  "  Future  trading  and  the 
farmer,"  The  Annalist,  February  26,  1917,  page  306,  illustrates 
the  beneficial  influence  of  commercial  exchange  speculation  in 
marketing  agricultural  products,  and  shows  the  advantage  over 
the  old  system  of  carrying  on  the  business  through  middlemen 
and  conuuission  men. 

See  also  "Patten  on  speculation,"  by  James  A.  Patten,  the 
Annalist.  April  23,  1917,  page  60. 

"  Ending  speculati(m  in  food  stuffs,"  by  C.  S.  Duncan,  the 
Annalist,  May  7,  1917,  page  623  (argues  that  legal  enactment 
must  provide  for  the  farmer  the  functions  of  the  middleman,  if 
the  specxilator  is  eliminated  ) . 

134.  Submarines. 

An  article  entitled  "  The  limitations  of  submarines  described 
by  Admiral  Sims"  is  printed  in  New  York  Times,  May  20,  1917, 
section  S,  i»age  1,  columns  1-3.  It  outlines  the  methods  of  attack 
and  defense.  On  the  status  of  the  submarine  and  the  question 
of  armed  merchant  vessels  there  is  a  pamphlet  by  A.  Pearce 
Higgins,  "  Defensively  armed  merchant  ships  and  submarine 
warfare,"  London,  Stevens  &  Sons  (I^td.),  1917.  price  1  shilling. 

135.  Supplies,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Advisory  commission  of  the  Council  of 
National  Defense.     Julius  Rosenwald,  chairman.     (35) 

136.  Supplies,  Purchase  of. 

An  article  in  the  New  York  Times,  May  12,  1917,  page  1, 
column  4,  discusses  a  plan  for  the  creation  of  one  purchasing 
board  to  purchase  all  supplies  for  the  allies. 


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137.  Taxation. 

A  "  Memorial  of  American  economists  to  Congress  regarding 
war  finance"  appears  in  tiie  Congressional  Record  (to  get  it 
see  38)  for  May  10,  1917,  page  2136.  It  strongly  urges  the  ad- 
vantages of  taxation  as  a  means  of  raising  war  revenue  on  tlie 
ground  that  it  is  practicable,  prevents  price  inflation,  is  just, 
and  will  inci'ease  war  efficiency.  Suggests  forms  of  taxation 
during  war. 

An  article,  "Otto  H.  Kahn  criticises  the  war-tax  proposals," 
is  printed  in  the  New  York  Times,  I\Iay  21,  1917,  page  10,  columns 
6-8.  Points  out  differences  between  conscripting  men  and 
wealth,  the  danger  of  a  confiscating  income  tax,  the  advantage 
of  a  tax  on  incomes  over  a  tax  on  business,  draws  examples 
from  England's  experience,  and  defines  the  position  of  the  well- 
to-do  in  war.  This  has  been  reprinted,  with  additions,  as  a 
separate,  and  may  be  obtained  by  libi'aries  on  application  to  the 
author,  .52  William  Street,  New  York  City. 

See  also  "  Financing  the  war,"  by  C.  J.  Bullock,  in  the  Quar- 
terly Journal  of  Economics.  May,  1917  (v.  31,  p.  357-79)  ;  "  Our 
power  to  finance  a  .war,"  The  Annalist,  February  12,  1917  (p. 
237)  ;  "Would  finance  war  through  taxes,"  by  H.  J.  Davenport, 
The  Annalist,  March  5,  1917  (p.  334)  ;  "  Taxation  v.  bonds,"  by 
Irving  Fisher,  The  Annalist,  March  26,  1917  (p.  439)  ;  "  Should 
wealth  be  conscripted?  "  by  B.  M,  Anderson,  The  Annalist,  April 
16,  1917  (p.  524)  ;  "  Loans  and  taxes  in  war  finance,"  by  O.  M. 
W.  Sprague,  in  American  Economic  Review,  March,  1917  (p. 
199-223)  ;  and  "  How  to  finance  the  war,"  by  Profs.  Seligman 
and  Haig,  in  Columbian  War  Papers,  series  1,  No.  7. 

Referendum  No.  20  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the 
United  States  of  America  on  "  Financing  the  war  "  discusses 
taxation  and  bond  issues  and  gives  tables  of  possible  taxes  and 
the  amounts  they  might  produce. 

138.  Tin  Plate,  Committee  on  the  Conservation  of. 

At  the  call  of  fhe  Secretaries  of  Commerce  and  Agriculture, 
committees  representing  the  tin  plate  and  can  manufacturers 
and  the  canning  industry,  together  with  the  president  of  the 
National  Wholesale  Grocers'  Association,  met  in  conference  May 
1,  1917,  at  the  Department  of  Commerce  to  plan  for  the  con- 
servation of  tin  plate  in  order  to  insure  a  full  pack  of  all 
products  of  the  canning  industry.  At  that  time  a  subcommittee 
was  appointed  by  the  conferees  to  report  upon  the  situation, 
the  subcommittee  consisting  of  Dr.  C.  L.  Alsberg,  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Chemistry.   Department  of  Agriculture ;   Dr.  E.  E. 


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Pratt,  Chiel'  of  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Uomestir-  (.'omnierce, 
Department  of  Coniniei-ce ;  J.  E.  Andrews,  Anierif-an  Steel  & 
Tin  I'iate  Co.;  H.  W.  Piu'lfts,  American  Can  Co.;  Henry  Borden. 
presi(Ient  of  tlie  National  Caiuiers'  Association  ;  W.  F.  Burrows, 
president  of  Libby,  McNeill  ^:  Libl^y ;  Theodore  Whitmarsh, 
president  of  the  National  Wholesale  Grocers'  Association. 

Tliis  subcommittee  embodied  its  report  in  recommendations 
to  the  Secretaries  of  Commerce  and  Agriculture,  which  were 
published  in  the  newspapers  of  May  8,  1917.  Copies  of  the 
reconnnendations  were  sent  to  all   the  interested  parties. 

A  discii.ssion  of  the  tin-plate  shortage  and  of  the  report  of 
the  Committee  on  the  conservation  of  tin  plate  is  to  be  found 
in  the  Canning  Trade  for  April  2,  1017  (p.  20-27),  and  May 
14.  1917  (p.  24). 

Tlie  report  of  the  Connuittee  on  the  con.servation  of  tin  plate 
may  be  obtained  from  the  Department  of  Commerce  on  request. 

139.  Training  Camp  Activities,  Federal  Commission  on. 

Hcadcjaartcrs. — General  Land  Office  Building,  Eighth  and  F 
Streets  NW.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Organization  and  mcmhcrsJiip. — On  May  5.  1917,  the  Secretary 
of  War.  Newton  D.  Baker,  announced  the  formation  of  a  com- 
mission to  be  known  as  the  Federal  Commission  on  Training 
Camp  Activities,  the  members  being:  Chairman,  Raymond  B. 
Fosdick,  fornieiiy  connnissioner  of  accounts  of  New  York ; 
Joseph  E.  Raycroft,  professor  of  hygiene  and  director  of  physi- 
cal education  at  Princeton  University ;  Joseph  Lee.  president 
of  the  Playground  Association  of  America ;  John  R.  Mott,  of 
the  International  Y.  M.  C.  A. ;  Lee  F.  Hanmer,  of  the  Russell 
Sage  Foundation ;  Charles  P.  Neill,  formerly  of  the  Bureau  of 
Labor  Statistics  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Labor; 
Thomas  J.  Howells,  of  Pittsburgh;  Malcolm  L.  McBride,  of 
Cleveland  :  and  Ma.j.  Palmer  E.  Pierce,  of  the  United  States 
Army. 

FunctionH  of  the  connni.ssion  are:  First,  to  keep  the  Secretary 
of  War  informed  as  to  the  moral  conditions  in  training  camps 
and  the  zones  surrounding  them ;  second,  to  coordinate  the 
various  agencies  that  are  seeking  to  serve  the  soldiers. 

References. — Information  concerning  the  commission  is  con- 
tained in  an  article  appearing  in  the  magazine  section  of  the 
New  York  Times,  May  20,  1917  (p.  5),  entitled  "Making  vice 
unattractive  in  soldiers"  camps."  An  elaborate  program  has 
already  been  mapped  out.  See  the  OfRcial  Bulletin.  May  24, 
1917,  No.  13  (p.  8).     (104) 


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140.  Transportation  and  Communication,  Committee  on. 

A  committee  of  the  Advisory  commission  of  tlie  Council  of 
National  Defense.     Daniel  Willard.  chairman.      (35) 

141.  Treasury  Department. 

The  Treasury  Department  has  issued  a  number  of  circulars 
and  leaflets  relating  to  the  Liberty  Bond  issue.  Among  these 
are  department  Circulars  Nos.  78-79,  81-82,  Weekly  Press  Mat- 
ter l-3a,  and  two  pamphlets.  Liberty  Bond  Sunday  and  Liberty 
Loan  Bonds — what  they  are  and  what  they  stand  for  and  how 
to  buy  them.  These  documents  relating  to  this  important  finan- 
cial undertaking  may  be  had  free,  and  should  be  in  the  hands 
of  all  librarians. 

142.  United  States  Boys'  Working  Reserve. 

Headquarters. — United  States  Department  of  I-aboi-.  ]\Iills 
Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Origin. — The  Secretary  of  Labor,  William  B.  Wilson,  an- 
nounced on  May  5,  1917,  the  organization  of  the  United  States 
Boys'  Working  Reserve,  to  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  De- 
partments of  Labor  and  Agriculture. 

Organisation. — William  Edwin  Hall  is  the  director,  and  the 
work  is  carried  on  through  a  committee  composed  of  the  gov- 
ernors of  the  States  and  the  heads  of  representative  boys'  or- 
ganizations. 

Function. — The  object  of  the  Reserve  is  to  enlist  boys  be- 
tween the  ages  of  16  and  21  for  work  upon  farms  and  in  ship- 
yards. 

Publications. — No  literature  has  been  issued  as  yet,  aside 
from  a  prospectus,  which  may  be  obtained  from  the  Depart- 
ment of  Labor  upon  request,  and  certain  notices  given  to  the 
press. 

References. — A  statement  concerning  the  organization  ap- 
pears in  The  Survey  for  May  26,  1917  (v.  38:  195),  under  the 
title  "  Federal  enlistment  of  boys  for  farms." 

143.  University  Extension. 

What  can  be  done  by  university  extension  divisions  is  shown 
by  a  mimeographed  circular  issued  by  the  University  extension 
division  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  entitled  "  War  emer- 
gency service  available  through  the  university  extension  divi- 
ison."  This  may  be  obtained  from  the  University  Extension  Di- 
vision, University  of  AVisconsin,  Madison,  Wis. 

The  circular  enumerates  the  equipment  in  employees  and 
appliances  available  for  war  work,  and  outlines  the  services 


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that  can  be  rendered  in  distributing  information,  making  sur- 
veys, or  taking  a  special  census,  training  instructors  in  relief 
and  other  work,  conserving  pul)lic  health,  replacing  nurses,  etc., 
looking  after  welfare  of  soldiers  and  sailors  in  training  and 
service  camps.  Enumerates  the  services  which  can  be  rendered 
by  individual  instructors  and  professors  in  special  intensive  in- 
struction, translation,  etc. 

See  also  an  article  in  New  York  Times,  April  19,  I'JIT  (p.  15, 
col.  4). 

144.  Vise,  Division  of. 

A  division  of  the  Committee  on  public  information,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  read  the  daily,  weekly,  and  monthly  publications, 
and  the  telegraphic  agencies.  See  Public  information,  conim it- 
tee  on.     (112) 

145.  War  Legislation,  Foreign  Countries. 

The  Bulletin  de  Slatistiquo  ot  de  Legislation  Compar§e,  pub- 
lished monthly  by  the  Fi'ench  ministry  of  finance,  contains  the 
laws  and  regulations,  with  special  reference  to  finance,  com- 
merce, foodstuffs,  etc.,  passed  by  the  principal  foreign  countries. 
The  Bulletih  is  published  by  the  Imprimerie  Nationale,  Paris. 
Price,  20  francs  per  year. 

The  Italian  ministry  of  agriculture,  industry,  and  commerce 
in  Series  II  of  the  Annali  del  Credito  e  della  Previdenza  began 
in  1914  the  publication  of  a  number  of  volumes  containing  the 
emergency  legislation  relating  to  the  finance  and  economics  of 
the  belligerent  countries.  The  volume  for  Italy  appears  as 
N.  10,  Anno  1914,  and  the  volume  for  Austria  as  N.  13,  Anno 
1915.  Volumes  for  France,  England,  and  Germany  are  an- 
nounced in  course  of  publication. 

146.  War  Legislation,  Belgium. 

The  laws,  decrees,  etc.,  relating  to  war  have  been  published 
by  the  Belgian  Government  under  the  title  "  Recueil  des  lois, 
arret^s  royaux  ef  mesures  diverses  necessites  par  I'^tat  de 
guerre,  2  aoilt,  1914-19  fevrier,  1915."  Two  supplements  have 
been  published  which  cover  the  dates  February-December, 
1915.  These  are  printed  in  Le  Havre  by  Impr.  du  "  Havre 
eclair  "  and  Impr.  du  Moniteur  beige,  respectively,  and  are  for 
sale  at  3  francs  each. 

147.  War  Legislation,  Canada. 

The  Canadian  Government,  under  the  title  "  Copies  of  Proc- 
lamations, Orders  in  Council,  and  Documents  Relating  to  the 
European  War"    (with  supplements),  has  published  a  coUec- 


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tion  complete  to  June  30.  1916,  of  the  various  ^governmental 
decrees  and  laws  called  forth  by  the  war.  The  orif-inal  volume 
and  "  First  Supplement  "  were  published  in  191").  the  "  Second 
Supplement  "  in  1916,  and  the  "  Third  Supplement "  in  1917. 
These  may  be  obtained  from  the  King's  Printer,  Ottawa,  Canada. 
Price  on  application. 

148.  War  Legislation,  France. 

The  laws  and  regulations  passed  in  consequence  of  the  war 
have  been  collected  and  published  by  the  law  firm  Dalloz  in 
Paris  under  the  title  "  Guerre  de  1914 ;  documents  ofFiciels." 
Fourteen  parts  are  now  available  covering  the  dates  July  31, 
1914,  to  November  15,  1916.  These  can  be  obtained  from  the 
publisher  at  2  francs  per  volume. 

Two  volumes  of  a  series  etlited  by  F.  Phily  called  "  Jurispru- 
dence speciale  et  legislation  de  la  guerre  1914—15  "  have  already 
appeared.  The  first  volume  contains  in  alphabetical  order  all 
the  decisions  rendered  by  all  the  tribunals  of  France  relating 
to  moratorium,  leases,  etc..  the  second  volume  contains  a  list 
of  all  the  official  documents,  such  as  laws,  decrees,  circulars, 
and  orders  which  have  appeared  in  the  Journal  officielle.  These 
are  for  sale  by  the  publishers,  Recuell  Phily,  Paris,  at  3  francs 
each. 

Another  collection,  with  the  title  "  Legislation  de  guerre 
1914-17,"  under  the  editorship  of  A.  Saillard,  is  also  in  course 
of  publication.  Eighteen  brochures  have  already  appeared  and 
can  be  obtained  from  the  publishers.  Berger-Levrault,  Paris,  at 
prices  ranging  from  50  centimes  to  3  francs. 

149.  War  Legislation,  Germany. 

The  more  impoi'tant  laws,  ordinances,  and  decrees  passed  In 
Germany  and  Prussia  are  given  in  a  semiofficial  publication 
being  printed  by  the  publishing  house  of  Carl  Heymann,  Berlin, 
under  the  title  "  Die  Kriegs-notgesetze  nebst  den  Ausfiihrungsbe- 
stimmuugen  des  Bundesrats  und  des  preussischen  Handelsminis- 
ters."  Twenty  parts  have  been  printed,  extending  from  Sep- 
tember, 1914,  to  July,  1916.  These  can  be  obtained  from  the 
publisher,  prices  ranging  from  1  mark  to  1.80  marks. 

A  number  of  articles  by  Charles  H.  Huberich  and  Richard 
King  summarizing  the  emergency  legislation  of  Germany  have 
appeared  in  the  Solicitors'  Journal  and  Weekly  Reporter,  Lon- 
don. See  the  Issues  for  October  31,  November  7,  14,  21,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1914 ;  April  3,  10.  July  3,  15,  1915 ;  December  30,  1916 ; 
and  January  13,  1917. 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAE.  97 

150.   War  Legislation,  Great  Britain. 

The  British  fJovci-nnient  lias  liuldislicd  several  follections  of 
eniersency  loj,'islati<)n  under  the  editorship  of  Alexan<ler  I'lillinj^. 
The  first  voluiiae  was  issued  in  Septeniher,  1914,  with  the  title 
■'  M.'inual  of  emerjj;enc.v  lefrisJatiou  comprising  all  acts  of  Par- 
liament, proclamations,  orders,  etc.,  passed  and  made  in  conse- 
quence of  the  war  to  September  30,  1914"  (price,  4  shillings). 
This  has  been  supplemented  by  four  numbers.  Supplement  No.  1, 
Supplement  No.  2  (which  incorporates  Supplement  No.  1), 
comes  down  to  December  5,  1914  (price,  Is.  lOd.)  ;  Supplement 
No.  3  to  April  30,  1915  (2s.  lid.)  ;  and  Supplement  No.  4  to 
August  31,  1915  (2s.  lid.). 

The  material  relating  to  financial  matters  down  to  June  4, 

1915,  has  been  abstracted  from  the  Manual  and  the  supplements 
and  issued  separately  as  a  financial  edition  of  the  Manual 
(price,  Is.  4d.). 

The  first  edition  of  the  "  Defence  of  the  realm  acts  and  regu- 
lations "  came  down  to  July  31,  1915.  This  was  later  revised  to 
Fel)ruary  15,  1916,  and  a  second  edition  was  revised  to  May  23, 

1916.  The  tir.st  edition  of  the  "  Defence  of  the  realm  ni»inual  " 
was  revised  to  July  28,  191G ;  the  second  enlarged  edition  came 
down  to  November  30,  1916,  and  the  third  enlarged  edition,  the 
latest  to  date,  comes  down  to  February  28,  1917,  and  comprises 
537  pages  (price,  5s.). 

A  monthly  edition  of  the  "  Defence  of  the  realm  regulations  " 
is  now  being  published,  beginning  with  January,  1917,  the  latest 
issue  at  hand  coming  down  to  April  30.  1917  (price,  6d.  each). 

All  of  the  above-mentioned  publications  can  be  obtained  from 
T.  Fisher  Unwiu,  London,  W.  C,  at  the  prices  indicated. 

The  Board  of  Trade  Journal,  London,  publishes  each  week 
Government  notices  respecting  trade,  and  the  Solicitor's  Journal 
and  Weekly  Reporter.  London,  gives  each  week  the  text  of  the 
Oi'ders  in  Council,  regulations,  etc. 

The  regulations  of  officials  acting  under  the  emergency  laws, 
such  as  the  food  controller,  etc.,  are  printed  in  the  official  pub- 
lication "  Statutory  rules  and  orders,"'  and  the  general  pro- 
visions of  these  orders  are  given  currently  in  the  Board  of 
Trade  Journal.  In  the  Harvard  Law  Review  for  May,  1917, 
page  663,  there  is  an  article  by  E.  Wambaugh,  "  War  emergency 
legislation — a  general  view." 

Howard  D'Egville  brought  together  the  emergency  legislation 
of  the  colonies,  and  it  was  published  in  1916  by  the  United 
Kingdom  branch  of  the  Empire  parliamentary  association  under 


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the  title,  "  The  Empire  and  the  war.  Summary  of  emergency 
legislation  passed  by  the  parliaments  of  the  Empire  in  conse- 
quence of  the  war,"     (Price  2s.  6d.) 

151.  War  Legislation,  Italy. 

The  Italian  (Government,  through  the  ministry  of  foreign  af- 
fairs, is  publishing  a  nmnber  of  volumes  relating  to  the  emer- 
gency legislation,  under  the  title  "  Raccolta  di  disposizioni  le- 
gislative e  regolamentari  emanate  dal  R.  governo  durante  1'  atu- 
ale  conflitto  internazionale  per  cura  del  Cav.  Sabino  llinella." 
Seven  numbers  are  so  far  available,  which  cover  the  dates 
from  May,  1915,  to  September,  1916.  These  are  published  by 
the  Libreria  Bocca,  Rome,  at  prices  ranging  from  65  centimes 
to  1  lira  35  centimes. 

The  following  publication  has  also  been  noted :  "  Prima  rac- 
colta completa  delle  leggi  eccezionali  (non  militari)  emanate 
in  Italia  dal  4  agosto  [1914]  al  31  gennaio  1916,"  published  in 
Rome.  Three  volumes  have  already  appeared,  at  2  lira  15 
centimes  per  volume.     (See  also  145.) 

152.  War  Profits. 

A  statement  showing  the  profits  of  42  corporations  in  the 
United  States,  1913-1916,  is  printed  in  the  Congre.ssional  Rec- 
ord for  May  18,  1917.  It  purports  to  come  from  the  "American 
Committee  on  War  Finance,"  60  Broadway,  New  York.  The 
names  of  the  members  of  the  committee  are  appended  to  the 
statement. 

The  opinions  of  a  number  of  prominent  business  men  on 
"Real  patriotism  v.  War  profits"  are  given  in  The  Annalist, 
March  12,  1917,  page  364. 

153.  War  Relief  Commission. 

Headquarters. — 61  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Organizaiion  and  membership. — The  War  Relief  Commission 
was  established  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation  in  1914.  The 
members  of  the  commission  are:  WicklifCe  Rose,  chairman.; 
Jerome  D.  Greene,  secretary  ;  Warwick  Greene,  director  ;  Ernest 
P.  Bicknell,  Henry  James,  jr.,  Eliot  Wadswortli,  Jeremiah 
Smith,  jr.,  Frederic  C.  Walcott,  William  J.  Donovan,  Edward 
R.  Stoever,  Wallace  C.  Sabine,  Reginald  C.  Foster. 

Function. — To  give  aid  to  noncombatant  sufferers  in  Belgium 
and  elsewhere  in  the  war  zone  by  gifts  of  money  and  supplies 
to  organizations  such  as  the  American  Red  Cross  and  the 
Commission  for  Relief  in  Belgium,  which  were  already  on  the 
ground,  and  also  to  work  independently  along  the  same  lines. 


UNITED  STATES  AT  WAB.  99 

In  iuklition  the  conuni.ssion  lielps  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  its  work 
aiuonf^  the  soldiers,  both  in  Europe  and  in  America. 

Publications. — The  Annual  Report  of  the  War  Relief  Com- 
mission for  1914-15  is  incorporated  in  the  annual  rep<»rt  of  the 
Rockefeller  Foundation  for  1915.  The  1915-16  report  has  not 
been  issued  as  yet.  The  expenditures  for  the  year  ending  De- 
cember 31,  1916,  have  been  Issued,  however,  in  a  quarterly 
pamphlet,  entitled  "The  Rockefeller  Foundation,"  dated- March 
19,  1917. 

References. — See  articles  "Noble  relief  work"  in  the  Out- 
look for  October  20.  1915,  volume  111,  pages  391-392;  "Rocke- 
feller Foundation  Report  for  1914-15,"  in  Educational  Review, 
December,  1915,  volume  50,  pages  537-540 ;  and  "Appropriations 
made  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation,"  in  School  and  Society. 
May  12,  1917,  volume  5,  page  555. 

154.  War  Risk  Insurance,  Bureau  of. 

Headquarters. — Treasury  Building,  Washington,  D.  C.  Di- 
rector. William  C.  De  Lanoy. 

On  September  2,  1914,  Congress  authorized  the  establishment 
of  a  Bureau  of  War-Risk  Insurance  in  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment. The  act  establishing  it  is  to  be  found  in  the  Statutes  at 
Large,  Sixty-third  Congress,  second  session,  volume  38,  part  1, 
chapter  293,  pages  711-712.  It  is  issued  separately  also  under 
the  title  "War-Risk  Insurance  Laws  and  Instructions"  and 
sold  by  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  for  5  cents.  (38) 
The  bureau  was  created  to  insure  American  vessels  against  war 
losses. 

Two  reports  have  been  issued  covering  the  following  dates, 
September  2,  1914-November  30,  1915,  December  1,  1915-Novem- 
ber  30.  1916.  These  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent 
of  Documents  for  5  cents  each.     (38) 

Reference  on  war-risk  insurance  will  be  found  in  "  List  of 
references  on  Europe  and  international  politics,"  published  by 
the  Library  of  Congress  in  1914,  and  sent  free  to  libraries  only. 
Copies  may  be  purchased  from  the  Superintendent  of  Docu- 
ments for  15  cents.     (38) 

Hearings  on  the  Bureau  of  War-Risk  Insurance  were  held 
before  the  Committee  on  Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce  of 
the  House  of  Representatives.  These  throw  light  on  the  work- 
ings of  the  bureau.  Printed  copies  may  be  obtained  only  through 
a  Member  of  Congress. 

155.  Waste  Prevention,  Great  Britain. 

The  first  report  of  the  National  War  Savings  Committee  (is- 
sued as  Command  8516  of  session  1917)  describes  the  work  done 


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in  saving  unnecessary  expenditures  and  preventing  waste  of 
resources.  The  committee  gave  much  assistance  in  tlie  recent 
war-loan  campaign  and  is  now  aiding  the  food  controller. 

156.  Woman's  Committee  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense. 

Headquarters.— 1814  N.  Street  NW,  The  Play  House  Club 
and  Theater,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Origin. — The  Woman's  Committee  of  the  Council  of  National 
Defense  was  created  by  the  Government  on  April  21,  1917. 

Membership. — Is  as  follows :  Dr.  Anna  Howard  Shaw,  chair- 
man; Mrs.  Philip  H.  Moore,  St.  Louis,  president  of  the  Na- 
tional Council  of  Women ;  Mrs.  Josiah  E.  Cowles,  California, 
president  of  the  General  Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs ;  Miss 
Maude  Wetmore,  Rhode  Island,  chairman  of  the  National 
League  for  Woman's  Service;  Mrs.  Carrie  Chapman  Catt,  New 
York,  president  of  the  National  American  Woman  Suffrage  As- 
sociation ;  Mrs.  Antoinette  Funk,  Illinois,  member  Woman's 
Democratic  League  for  Wilson;  Mrs.  Stanley  McCormick,  Bos- 
ton, second  vice  president  National  American  Woman  Suffrage 
Association ;  Mrs.  Joseph  R.  Lamar,  Georgia,  president  of  the 
National  Society  of  Colonial  Dames ;  Miss  Ida  M.  Tarbell,  New 
York ;  Miss  Agnes  Nestor,  Illinois,  vice  president  International 
Glove  Workers'  Union. 

Ftinetion. — The  Council  of  National  Defense,  under  which 
the  woman's  committee  operates,  was  created  by  Congress  in 
August,  1916.  According  to  the  text  of  the  bill  authorizing 
the  council,  the  purpose  is  "  the  coordination  of  industries  and 
resources  for  the  national  security  and  welfare."  Among  other 
powers  of  the  council  is  that  of  creating  committees  to  assist 
in  carrying  out  this  work,  the  members  of  these  committees  to 
serve  without  compensation. 

The  woman's  committee  was  organized  to  coordinate  the 
rapidly  multiplying  agencies  through  which  women  were  pre- 
paring to  aid  in  the  national  defense.  Its  business  is  to  make 
available  for  national  service  the  whole  woman's  power  of  the 
country,  in  the  same  way  that  the  Committee  on  Transporta- 
tion of  the  Council  of  National  Defense  is  making  available  all 
of  the  railroads. 

The  committee  sits  in  Washington.  Its  headquarters  are  1814 
N  Street  NW.,  tlie  Play  House  Club  and  Theater  turned  over  to 
the  Government,  rent  free,  by  its  owner,  Mrs.  Henrietta  Halli- 
day,  for  the  period  of  the  war. 

Divisions  of  the  Woman's  Committee  have  been,  or  are  being, 
formed  in  all  of  the  States.  At  the  head  of  each  State  division 
is  a  permanent  committee  composed  of  representatives  from  the 


UNITED   STATES   AT   WAR.  101 

woman  organizations  of  the  States  willing  to  cooperate  with  the 
National  Government  in  defense  work.  This  committee  con- 
tinues during  the  war  and  directs  the  activities  of  the  units  in 
the  States  which  are  rapidly  forming. 

The  Woman's  Committee  of  the  Council  of  National  Defense 
has  been  created  as  a  channel  through  which  the  various  com- 
mittees, bureaus,  and  commissions  of  the  Government  can  send 
to  all  of  the  women  of  the  country  their  requests,  their  advice, 
and  their  information.  The  national  committee  is  in  constant 
touch  with  the  various  governmental  activities  so  that  its  com- 
munications are  at  once  prompt  and  authoritative. 

The  chief  departments  of  the  committee's  present  work  are : 
National  registration  for  service.  Relief,  home  and  foreign. 
imder  Red  Cross  direction.  The  food  problem  in  all  of  its 
phases  of  production,  conservation,  and  thrift.  Education. 
Conservation  of  health  and  welfare  of  children.  Protection  of 
women  worlvcrs.  Courses  of  study  for  clubs  and  individuals  on 
women  and  children  in  war.  These  departments  of  work  will 
be  extended  as  the  needs  for  woman's  service  develop  with  the 
war. 

157.  Women  in  the  War.  Great  Britain. 

For  a  survey  of  the  effects  of  the  war  on  the  women  of  Great 
Britain  from  the  beginning  of  the  war  to  July,  1916,  see  "  Labour, 
finance,  and  the  war,  being  the  results  of  inquiries,  arranged 
by  the  section  of  economic  science  and  statistics  of  the  British 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science  during  the  years 
1915  and  1916,"  edited  by  A.  W.  Kirkaldy.  London,  New  York, 
etc..  Sir  Isaac  Pitman  &  Sons  (Ltd.),  1916,  3s.  6d. ;  $1.25;  and 
"  Women's  war  work,"  issued  by  the  War  Office  of  Great 
Britain,  September,  1916.  This  latter  deals  with  the  trades 
and  processes  in  which  women  '  are  successfully  employed  in 
temporary  replacement  of  men.  It  gives,  first,  an  alphabetical 
index  of  trades  (including  agriculture)  ;  second,  a  detailed  list 
of  processes;  third,  a  list  of  munitions  work  and  a  list  of 
processes. 

For  a  general  survey,  from  the  beginning  of  the  war  to  the 
present  time,  see  Bulletin  No.  223  of  the  United  States  Bureau 
of  Labor  Statistics,  "  Employment  of  women  and  juveniles  of 
Great  Britain  during  the  war,  April,  1917."  This  deals  with 
the  reports  of  the  British  health  of  munition  workers'  com- 
mittee, on  which  two  women  served.  It  includes  all  trades  but 
agriculture.  It  is  not  indexed.  The  bulletin  can  be  purchased 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents  at  15  cents.     (38) 


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The  first  effect  of  the  war  among  women  was  industrial  de- 
pression. By  September,  1914,  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million 
women  had  lost  employment.  The  Board  of  Trade  Labour  Gazette 
called  attention  to  the  fact  in  its  articles,  "  Unemployment 
among  women,"  in  the  issues  of  March,  1914,  and  February, 
1915,  and  in  an  article,  "  Employment  among  women,"  in  the 
issue  of  March,  1915.  As  early  as  August  20.  1914,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  local  government  board  (Herbert  Samuel)  had  ap- 
pointed a  standing  Committee  composed  entirely  of  women  "  to 
consider  and  .  ,  .  report  upon  schemes  for  the  provision  of 
work  for  women  and  girls  unemployed  on  account  of  the  war." 
This  "Central  committee  on  women's  employment"  issued  an 
interim  report,  with  appendices  (Papers  by  command,  Cd.  7484), 
carrying  the  work  through  January,  1915.  It  is  significant  that 
the  report  is  negligible  on  the  subjects  of  agriculture  and  mu- 
nitions. 

The  Board  of  Trade  issued  two  detailed  reports,  October, 
1914,  and  December,  1914  (Papers  by  command,  Cd.  7703  and 
Cd.  7755;  prices,  6d.  and  2id.,  Wyman  &  Sons),  in  both  of 
which  it  touched  upon  the  industrial  depression  among  women. 


NAME  INDEX 


[The  numbers  refer  to  the  items,  not  to  the  pages.] 


Acworth,  W.  M 118 

Adams,   A.   B 33 

Adams,  Henry  C 52 

Addicks,    I^wrence 100 

Adler,  Cyrus 72 

Aleshirc,   Gen.  J.  B 35 

Alsberg,   Dr.  C.   L. 138 

American  academy  of  polit- 
ical and  social  science 7 

American  association  for  in- 
ternational   conciliation 377t 

American  association  for  la- 
bor legislation 78 

American   economic   associa- 
tion   9 

American  society  of  interna- 
tional   law 37f 

Anderson,  B.  M 26,  no.  8, 137 

Andrews,  J.  E 138 

Andrews,   .7.    I 35 

Asch,  Sholom 72 

Ashley,    R.    L 70 

Bacon.  Corinue 12 

Baekeland,   L.   H 100 

Baker,     Newton     D..     Secre- 
tary of  Trar__  9.  35,  43,  112, 139 

Ballard,  S.  Thurston 35 

Bannard.  Otto  T 3 

Barnch.  Bernard  M 121 

Baylies,    J/r.v.    Edmund    L 3 

Beard,  C.  A 70 

Beard,    Daniel   C 13 

Beck,  .Tames  T 37/i 

Bedford,  A.  C 35 

Beers,  Clifford  W 3 

Benjamin,  A.   H 3 

Berry,  W.  T 12 

Bertron,  Samuel  R 8 

Bevington.  E.  L 35 

Bicknell,  Ernest  P 153 

Bingham.   Alfred 12 

Blair,  James  A.,  jr 3 

Bliss,   Cornelius  N.,  jr 124 

Blodgett,  Eleanor 3 

Boardman.  Mabel 81 

Borden,    Henry 138 

Borden-Turner,  Mrs 3 

Borglum,  Gutzon 97 

Bowker,  Horace 35 

Brand,  Charles  .T 4 

Braudeis.   Louis  D 72 

Brent.   Theodore 130 

British   association    for   the 

a<lvancement  of  science 157 

Brooker,  Charles  P 35 

Brown,  .Jacob  P 35 


Brown.  .Tames  Scott 102 

Brown,  Roscoe  C.  B 26,  no.  3 

Bryant,  Col.  Lewis  T 35 

Bryce,  James 70 

Brvson,  H.  K 4 

Bu'lkoley,    Edward    M 3 

Bulklev,  R.  J 50 

Bullaril,  A 377t 

Bullock.  C.  J 137 

Bureau    of    railway    eco- 
nomics :   Library 116 

Burrows,  W.   F 138 

Butterfield.  Tvenvon  L 4 

Butterworth,  William 35 

Cameron,  Frank  K 108 

Caniiibell,  James  A 35 

Cappelli,  Itaffaele 5 

Carpenter,  Howard  C 3 

Catt,  ilrs.  Carrie  Chapman.  156 
Central    committee    for    na- 
tional   patriotic   organiza- 
tions, Great  Britain 12 

Central    committee    on    wo- 
men's  employment.   Great 

Britain 157 

Ccrcle  do  la  librairie,  Pari.s.  12 
Cbaddock,  Robert  E__   26,  no.  6,  15 
Chamber     of     commerce     of 
the      United      States      of 

America 32,   137 

Childs,    William    H 35 

Clark,  Victor  S 96 

Clarkson.    Grosvenor    B 35 

Clews,    Henry 3 

Cochran    Thomas 11 

Coffin,   Howard   E 6, 

35,  93,  100 

Cole,    W.    H 05 

Collins.   P.   V 50 

Columbia  University.     Divi- 
sion   of    intelligence    and 

publicity 26 

Connor,   Maj.   Clarence   H —  123 

Connor,  Robert  D.  W 96 

Connor.   W.   D 87 

Cook,    M.    L 35 

Coolidge,   L.  A 35 

Coss,    John    J 26,  no.  9 

Cowles,    Mrs.    Josiah    E 156 

Cram,    Ralph    Adams 65 

Cramb.    J.    A 37ft 

Crane,    Charles   R 3,  8 

Crane.   Clinton    H 35 

Craven,   Alfred 100 

Creel,    George 35,  112 

Cromwell,    Lincoln 35 

103 


104 


NAME    INDEX. 


Cross,   Whitman 108 

Crothers,   Uachel 3 

Crowninshield,     Mrs.     Fred- 
erick      3 

Cumulative    digest    corpora- 
tion  12,  16,  88 

Cusiiman,   Allerton   S 108 

Custiman,   James    Stewart —  3 

Dalton,   H.  G 35 

Daniels,      Josephns,      Secre- 
tary of  Navij 35,  100,  112 

Darling,  W.   L 115 

Darlington,    Dr.   Tliomas 35 

Davenport,    Eugene 4 

Davenport,  H.   J 137 

Davis,  Arthur  V 35 

Davis,   John   W 123 

Davison.    Henry    P 124 

Deeds,   E.  A 35 

r>e  Forest,  Robert  W 123 

D'Egville,    Howard 150 

Deichmanskebibliotek,  Chris- 
tiana   12 

Delano,  Jane  A 123 

De  Lanoy,  William  C 154 

Denman.    William 127,  130 

Deutsche     Bueclierei,     Leip- 

ziq    12 

Devine,    Br.    Edward  T 35 

Dewev,   John 26,  no.  1 

DeweV.  Melvil  E 97 

Dix.   William  F 97 

Donald,    John    C 130 

Donovan,  William  J 153 

Dop,   Louis 5 

Doty,  Dr.  Alvah  H 35 

Downman,   R.    H 35 

Drinker,     Dr.     Henry     Stur- 

gis    97 

Duncan,  C.  S 133 

Duncan,    James 8 

Edison,   Thomas  A 100 

Elliott,    D.    S 35 

Emmet,  William  Le  Roy 100 

Engelman,   M 72 

Evans,  Dr.  William  A 35 

Eveleth.    E 10 

Fahrenwald,    F.    A 106 

Fairlie.    J.   A 70 

Farnam,  T.  W 123 

Farrell,    James    A 35 

Faxson,  William  B 3 

Federal   Trade   commission-  24,  33 

Fess,    S.    D 37(7 

Finley.  John  H 97 

Fischel,    Harry 72 

Fish,    Ada    Z 12.3 

Fish.    Carl    R 96 

Fish,   Eugene  L 81 

Fish.    Hamilton,   jr 3 

Fisher,    Irving 81,  111,  137 

Fiske,    Rear  Admiral    Brad- 
lev    A 97 

Fletcher,  Capt 102 

Flint,   Charles  R 3 

Fontaine.  Marie  Louise 3 

Fosdick,    Ravmond   B 139 

Foster,  Reginald  C 153 

Fowler,  Arthur  A 35 

Fowler.    Harrv    P 32 

Freiberg,    J.    Walter 72 

Funk,  Mrs.  Antoinette 156 

Gadsden,   Philip   H- 97 


Gale,   H.   S 108 

Gary,   Elbert  H 35 

Gibbs,   George 115 

Giddings,    Franklin    H__  26,  no.  13 

Gide,    Charles 60 

(iiftord,   Walter   S 35 

G  1  e  n  n  o  n  ,    Rear  Admiral 

James  H 8 

Godfrey,  Dr.  Hollis 126 

Goethals,  Maj.   Gen.  George 

W 42 

Goldberg,    Shepard 3 

Gompers,   Samuel 79 

Grant,    Lincoln 35 

Grasselli,    H.   R 35 

Grasty,  C.   H 116 

Great    Britain.     Stationery 

office 12 

War   office 157 

Green,    L 35 

Greene,    Jerome    D 153 

Greene,    Warwick 153 

Gregory,   Mrs.   Mary   H 3 

Griner,    J.    P 115 

Guaranty  Trust  Co.  of  New 

York 55 

Guthrie,    William    D 11 

Ha«an,    J.    N 4 

Haig,    Robert    M 26,  no.  7,  137 

Hall,   William  Edwin 142 

Halliday,   Mrs.    Henrietta —  156 

Hamilton,  Grant 35 

Hamilton,  J.  M 4 

Hamilton,   William  H 3 

Hammond,  John  Hays 97 

Hance.  James  H 108 

Hanmer,  Lee-F 139 

Hanson,  B.  W.  M 35 

Harger,  C.  M 50 

Harries.  Gen.  George  H 35 

Harriman,  Mrs.  J.   Borden.  35 

Harrison,  Fairfax 35 

narrower,    Katherine 3 

Haskin,    F.   J 70 

Hazen,  Charles  D 96 

Heath,  Mrs.  Julian 3 

Hedges,  Job  E 97 

Hereford,   William   R 3 

Herrick,   M.   T 50 

Hetherington,   C.   W 89 

Hill,  James  M 106 

Hinrichs,    firm,    'booksellers, 

Leipzig 12 

Hoepli.      iirm,      booksellers, 

Milan 12 

Hoffman,  Frederick  L 35 

Hollingsworth,   Gladys 3 

Hoover,  Herbert  C 60 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Archibald 3 

Horner,  W.  S 35 

Hotchkiss,  H.  Stuart 35 

Houston,    David    F.,    Secre- 

tani  of  Agriculture 4,  35 

Howells.  Thomas  J 139 

Iluberich,  Charles  H 149 

Hughes,   .John 35 

Huidekoper,  Frederic  L_  26,  no.  13 

Hull,  Charles 96 

Hunt.  Andrew  M 100 

Hunt,    Gaillard 96 

Hunt,  T.  F 58 

Hurley,  Edwin  N 124 

Hutchinson,  C.  T 98 


NAME    INDEX. 


105 


James,  Edward,  jr 153 

Johnson,  W.  L 34 

Jones,  Grosvenor  M 128 

Jordan,  W.  H 4 

Joseph,  Ell 35 

Joy,  Henry  B 97 

Kahn,  Otto  H 137 

Kaplan,   I'aul 72 

Kean,  Col.  Jefferson  R 123 

Kellogg,  I'aul  U 124 

Kelly,  Thomas  II 3 

Kent,  William  II 133 

Kernan,   Vol.  Francis  J G9 

Kimball,  Alfred  R 3 

King,  E.  M 58 

King,  Richard 149 

Kingsley,   L.   W 35 

Kirkaldy,  A.  W 157 

Knapp,  Rear  Admiral 102 

Knopf,  Adolph 106 

Koettgen,  J 3 

Kohn,   Robert  D 35 

Kiitzleb,  W 108 

Lamar,  Mrs.  Joseph  R 150 

Lamme,  Benjamin  G 100 

Lamont,  Thomas  W 3 

Lane,    Franlclin     K.,    Secre- 
tary of  Interior 35,  70 

Lane,  Mrs.  Franklin  K 3 

Lange,  F.  W.  T 12 

Langthorn,  J.  S 85 

Lansing,    Robert,    Secretary 

of  State 102,112 

Law,    Bonar 15 

Ledoux.  A.  D 35 

Lee,  George  C 3 

Lee,  Joseph 139 

Lee,  Porter  R 124 

Leeson,   Cecil 19 

Leland,  Miss  L.  A 3 

Leland,  Waldo  G 96 

Lennehan,  James  A 81 

Lewin-Epstein,  E.  W 72 

Lewis.   E.    St.    Elmo 97 

Ley,  Harold  A 81 

Library  of  Congress.     Divi- 
sion of  Bibliography 

33,  59,  90,  116,  123,  154 

Lieb,  John  W 35 

Livingstone,  Colin  H 13 

Lobdell,  Charles  E 50 

London,  Hon.  Meyer 3 

Lorenzoni.  Giovanni 5 

Lovejoy,  Owen  R 19 

Lubin,   David 5 

Lucas,  Albert 72 

Lund,  H.   H 9 

Lynch,    Charles 123 

Lyons.     Municipal    library.  12 
McAdoo,   William   G.,  Secre- 
tary of  Treasury 50, 141 

McAdoo,  Mrs.  W.  G 3 

McBride,    Malcolm    L 139 

McCormick,    Cyrus : 8 

McCormick,    Mrs.    Stanley 156 

McDonald,    Edgar 10 

McElwain,  J.  F 35 

MacElwee.   Roy   S 26,  no.  11 

Macfarlaud,   Dr.   Charles  S_  3 

McFarland,  J.   Horace 97 

Mach,    Julian    M 72 

Mclsaac,  Isabel 123 


McMillan,    Emerson 97 

Macy,    V.    Everit 35 

Magee,   Charles  L 123 

Magnos,  J.  L 72 

Mallinckrodt,    Edward,   jr 35 

Mansfield,   Burton 82 

Manville,  Thomas  F 35 

Mar,   Curtis   J 97 

Margolies,    M.    Z 72 

Marks,  L.  B 35 

Mairiott,  J.  .\.   R 40 

Marshall,    Louis 72 

Marston,    Edwin    S 3 

Martin,  Dr.  Franklin  H 84 

Maxim,  Hudson 100 

Mayes,    Jewell 4 

Mechanics  &  Metals  National 
Bank  of  the  City  of  New 

York 55 

Mez,  J.  R 12 

Miles,   H.   E 35 

Miller,    Henry 115 

Miller,    Spencer 100 

Millikan,  Dr.  R.  A 35 

Mitchell,    Henry    B 26,  no.  4 

Mouell,  Ambrose 35 

Moore,  Mrs.  Philip  H 156 

Morgan,  J.  P.  &  Co 3 

Morrison,    Frank 35 

Morron,    John    E 35 

Mott,    John    R 8,  139 

Munroe,    John,    &    Co 3 

Murphy,  Grayson   M.  P 124 

Myrick,    Herbert 50 

National  bank  of  commerce 

of  New   York 52 

National    child    labor    com- 
mittee   19 

National   city  bank  of  New 

York 52 

National  committee  on  pris- 
ons and  prison  Iabor_    26,  no.  2,  5 
National  consumers'  league.  78 
National    war    savings    com- 
mittee, Great  Britain 155 

National   wholesale  gi'ocers' 

association 138 

Neill,    Charles   P 139 

Nestor,    Agnes 156 

Newberry,    Truman    H 97 

Nichols,  Dr.  William  H 35 

Norris,  George  W 50 

Norton,    Charles   D 124 

Norton,  Thomas  II 18,  39, 108 

No.ves,  Clara  D 123 

Oliver,  Rear  Armiral  James 

H 102 

Osborne,   L.   A 35 

Otterson,  J.  E 35 

Ousley,   Clarence 4 

Palmer,  Edgar 35 

Palmer,  L.  R 35 

Parker,   Alton    B 97 

Parsons,    Henry    G 26,  no.  10 

Patten,    James    .V 133 

Payne,    Arthur 3 

Peabody.   F.    S 25 

Peary,  Rear  Admiral  Robert 

E 97 

Pennock,  J.   D 35 

I'enrose,    R.    A.    F 67 

Pepper,    George    W 99 


106 


NAME    INDEX. 


Perkins,  Mrs.  A.  R 3 

Persons,   W.  Frank 123 

Phalen,    W.    C 108 

Phelps,    H.    W 138 

Philip,    Alex.    J 12 

I'hily,    F 148 

Pierce.    Maj.    I'almer   E 139 

Pinchot,    Amos 3 

Pitkin,    Walter   B 26 

Plant,  A.   H 3.5 

Porter,    George    F 35 

Post,   A.    Seaton,   jr 3 

Pratt,    Edwin    A 116 

Pratt,    Dr.    E.    E 138 

Pratt,    F.    C 35 

Price,   H.    C 5 

Price,   AI.   P S7h 

Price,    Ra.vmond   B 97 

Prothoro,  G.  W 12 

Pulling,    Alexander 150 

Putnam,   G.   E f)0 

Quiek,    Herbert 50 

Ravcroft,    .loseph    E 139 

Redfield,     William    C,    See- 

retarji    of    Commerce 35 

Rice,   Herbert  W 97 

Rice,    .T.    H 35 

Richards,  Joseph  W 100 

Riker,    Andrew    L 100 

Riker,  J.  .T 35 

Rinella,    Sabino 151 

Rittenhouse,    Elmer   B 81 

Roberts,    G.    E 9 

Roche,    Francis 3 

Roosevelt,    Theodore 11,  13 

Root,    Elihu 8 

Rose,   Marv    D.    S 26,  no.  15 

Rose,     Wickliffe 153 

Rosenwald,    Julius 135 

Rothenburs,    Morris 72 

Rubens,   Horatio   S 35 

Russell,  Charles  Edward 8 

Russell,    H.    L 4 

Rvan,   John  D '    33 

Sabin.    Charles    H 3 

Sabine.    Wallace    C 153 

Saillard,  A 148 

Samuel,    Herbert 157 

Sanders,    Leon 72 

Saunders,    William   L 100 

Schramm,    Mrs.    Arnold 3 

Schultz,  Alfred  R 108 

Schweinitz,   Karl  de 124 

Scott,   Frank   A 66,  95 

Scott,  Maj.   Gen.  Hugh   L__  8 

Scott.  James  B 37A,  90 

Seager,  H.   R 26,  no.  6 

Sears.    J.    D 26,  no.  14 

Sedgwick,    Henry    R 3 

Seligman,    Edwin   R.   A 26, 

no.  7,  16,  52,  137 

Sellers,    Edith 60 

Sellers,   Mathew   B 100 

Shaw,    A.    W 30 

Shaw.   Dr.   Anna   Howard 156 

Sheaffer,    C.    M 35 

Sbeip,  Stanley  S 12 

Sherman,  Henry  C 26,  no.  15 

Shotwell.   James  T 96 

Simmons,   Dr.   George   H 81 

Simpson.    Dr.    Frank    F 83 

Sims.     Rear    Admiral    Wil- 
liam S 134 


Sinceny,    P 40 

Smith,  G.  O 67 

Smitli,   Jeremiah,   jr 153 

Smith,    Munroe 26,  no.  13 

Smith,    W.    S.    A 50 

Spencer,   II.   B 35 

Sprague,    Frank    Julian 100 

Sprague,   O.    M.    W 9,  137 

Squier,    J.    Bentley 3 

Starrett.    W.    A 35 

Stauffer,   G.   A 4 

Sterling,    Ada 3 

Stevens,  John   F 115 

Stevens,    R.    B 130 

Stewart,  John  A 97 

Stillman,    William    O 10 

Stoever.    Edward    R 153 

Storev,   Harold 40 

Stowell,    E.    C .37fe 

Stratton.    E.    Piatt 131 

Struthers.     Joseph 85 

Suffern,  E.   S 35 

Svme,   Conrad  H 97 

Taft,   William   H 13,  81, 

123, 124 

Tanke,    Eugene 3 

Tarbell,    Ida   M 156 

Taylor,    Alonzo    Englebert__  60 

Taylor,    W.    A 4 

Thayer,    Benjamin    B 100 

Thomas,  Mrs.  A.  D 3 

Thompson,  W.  O 4 

Trench,  C.   S.  Le  Poer 3 

Turner.  Frederick  .1 96 

Turner,    Horace    G 21 

United  States.  Bureau  of 
foreifjiv  and  domestic  com- 
merce   45 

Bvreuu     of     labor    star 

tistics 19,  60,  157 

Bureau   of   navigation-      114, 
129 
Civil     service     commis- 
sion     89 

Conpress.    House.    Com- 
mittee on  ar/ri 58 

Committee    on    ap- 
propriations     35 

Committee    on    in- 
terstate and  for- 
eign    commerce-       154 
Senate.     Committee  on 
agriculture    and    for- 

estry 58,  111 

Department   of  agricul- 
ture      58,  59,  108,  109 

Department      of      com- 
merce-    39.  45,  128,  129,  131 
Department   of   labor--       142 
Department    of   state--  37,  64 
General  staff.  War  col- 
lege division 12,  88 

Geological    survey 106,  108 

Military  academy.  West 

Point 88 

Treasury  department 141, 

154 

Upton,    Emory 26,  no.  13 

Vail,    Theodore   N 35 

Valesh,    Eva   McDonald 3 

Van   .\rsdale.   May  B 26,  no.  15 

Vanderlip,   Frank  A 3 

Van   Dervoort,   H.   W 35 


XAME    INDEX. 


107 


Vauclain,    S.    M .'>5 

Wade,    J.    A 4 

Wadsworth,    Eliot___   123,  124,  153 

Walcott,  Frederic  C 153 

Wallis,  J.  T 35 

Wambaugh,    K 150 

Warburg,   Felix  M 72 

Waters,  II.  J 4 

Watrous,  Richard  B 07 

Webster,  Arthur  G 100 

Welch,  nr.  William  H 81 

Wells,  Edgar  H 123 

Wetmoro,  Maude 156 

Wevl,   W.   E S7h 

Wharton,  Mrs.  Edith 3 

White,    John    B 130 

Whltehouse,  Henry  J 3 

Whitman,  Gov.  Charles  S 47 

Whitmarsh,    Theodore 138 

Whitney,  W.  R 100 

Whiton,    Henry 35 

Wlernick,  Peter 72 

Wilev,    Harvey   W 81 

Willard,    Daniel 140 

Willeox,    William    R 97 


Williams,  John   Skelton 123 

Williams,   N.    B 50 

Wilson,  (.'harlcs  S 4 

Wilson,  II.   W.  Co 12 

Wilson,    Warren   H 26,  no.  13 

Wilson,    William    B.,    Secre- 

tarii   of   Lafjor 35,  142 

Wilson,    Woodrow,   P  r  e  s  i- 

dcnt 1, 

2,  13,  35,  37.  70,  112,  123,  124 
Wisconsin,     University     of. 
Umversity    extenirion    di- 
vision    143 

Wise,   Henry   A 07 

Wood,  John  P 35 

Wood,  MaJ.  Oen.  Leonard 97 

Woodhouse,    Henry 97 

Woodward,   Robert   S 100 

Wortley,  R.  M.  Stuart 3 

Yadlowsky,    Simon 3 

Young,    Allyn    A 9 

Young,  James  T 70 

Zimmerschied,  Karl  W 35 

Zucker,    Samuel 3 


SUBJECT    INDEX 


[The  numbers  refer  to  the  items,  not  to  the  pages.] 


Agricultural   conference,   St. 

Louis 4 

Agricultural        mobilization, 

United    States 26,  no.  11 

Agricultural    statistics 5, 

36,  52,  71 

Agriculture 9 

Committee  of  fifteen 4 

Department  of 4,36,41, 

47,  58,  59,  62,  108,  109 
International    Institute 

of 5 

Women  in.   Great  Brit- 
ain          157 

Aircraft  production  board  —     6,  35 

Allies,  Cooperative  buying —       136 

Economic  conference  —  40 

Unity  with  our 26,  no.  4 

American  brewers  associa- 
tion         111 

American  citizens  in  foreign 

countries 7 

American      Commission      to 

Russia 8 

American  foreign  policy 7 

American  humane  associa- 
tion   10 

American  industrial  oppor- 
tunity   7 

American  Jewish  relief  com- 
mittee   72 

American       National       Red 

Cross  Society 13,  49, 

123, 124. 153,  156 
American   Railway   Associa- 
tion,    Executive     commit- 
tee         116 

Publications 116,  120 

American   Red   Star   Animal 

Relief 10 

American  Sociey  for  the  Re- 
lief of  French  war  or- 
phans           11 

Americanism 112 

Animal  industry.  Govern- 
ment documents 38 

Animal  relief 10 

Appam,   ship , S7c,f 

Arabic,    ship 37  c,  f 

Armed   merchantmen 37  b, 

c,  t,  134 
Arms    and    munitions,    Gov- 
ernment   manufacture 69 

Army,  Government  docu- 
ments    38 


Army  and  navy  supplies 100 

Army    and    railroads,    rela- 
tion         116 

Austria  -  Hungary,     Contra- 
band  37  a,  f 

Munitions,  sale  of 37  b,  f 

War   legislation 145 

AuxilLary  and  volunteer   or- 
ganizations, list  o(l 3 

Aviation 97 

Banking 51,53 

Banks      of      issue,      foreign 

countries 51 

Barbed  wire 91 

Barley,  statistics 71 

"Barometer  letter" 53 

Belgian   relief 37  b,  f,  153 

Belgium,  War  legislation 146 

Bibliography,  Cost  of  living-  33 

European    war 12 

Military   science 43,  88 

Militia 90 

Railroads  in  war 116 

War  risk  insurance 154 

Bonds,  United  States 26, 

no.  7,  52,137 

Boots  and  shoes 91 

Boy-Ed,    Capt.    Karl,    recall 

of 37  c,/ 

Bov   Scouts  of  America 13 

-Boys'    Life" 13 

Roys'   working  reserve 142 

Bread     regulations,     foreign 

countries 60 

British         warships         near 

ITnited  States 37  c,  f 

Buckwheat,  statistics 71 

Budget.   Great   Britain 15.  54 

Business,  Excess  profit  tax_         15, 

26.  no.  16.  137.  152 

Government  regulation.     7.  16 

Business  courts 53 

"  Business    digest  " ' 16 

Business  in  the  war 16,  52,  152 

By-products,    potash   as 108 

Cables,   censorship  of 46 

Canada.  Army 26,  no.  14 

War  legislation 147, 150 

Canning 58 

Car    shortage 119,120 

Catholics  and  the  war 17 

Censorship,  Cables 46 

Rules    of 112 

Telegrams 37  b,  f 

Census    taking 9,  143 

109 


110 


SUBJECT  INDEX. 


Central   relief  committee 72 

Chamber  of  commerce  of 
the      United      States      of 

America 32 

Chaplains,  Army  and  Navy_  49 

Chemical    industries 18, 

39, 106, 108 

Children  in  war  time 19, 

49,  78,  156 

France 20 

Great    Britain 19,  157 

War  service.   26,  no.  1,  12,  142 
Children  of  America's  army 

of  relief 21 

Chronology  of  events  lead- 
ing up  to  entry  of  United 
States  into  the  War  with 

Germany 1 

Chronology  of  events  of  the 

War 2 

"  Church    and    international 

relations" 49 

"Churches  in  time  of  war  "_  49 

City    gardens 26,  no.  10 

Civic  and  Educational  Co- 
operation,  Division   of 23 

Civilian  relief.  Red  Cross_  123,  124 

Clothing 91 

Clubs,  courses  of  study 156 

Coal 24,33,116,120 

Coal  production,  commit- 
tee  on 25 

Coast   artillery 88 

Colleges  and  the  war 41,  98,143 

Columbia  war  papers 26 

Commerce 27,  28 

Department  of 39, 

45, 128, 129, 131 

Great    Britain 29 

Government    documents  38 
Restraints  on.-.  37  «.  b,  c,  f,  g 
United     States     statis- 
tics  45,52,73 

"  Commerce    Reports  " 27,  28 

Commercial  economy  board-  30 

Committee    of    sixty 111 

Community    leadership 49 

"  Congressional  Directory  "_  70 

"  Congressional   Record  " 38 

Conscience,    freedom   of 49 

Conservation  of  natural  re- 
sources    9 

Consular  and  trade  reports-  28 
Consular  officers,  status  of_  37  c,  f 
Consumer    and     food     prob- 
lem    58 

Contraband    of   war S7  a,  o,f 

Contracts.    Government 9 

Cooking,  Government  docu- 
ments   38 

Cooperation,  Great  Britain-  31 

Cooperative   buying 136 

Cooperative  canning 59 

Cooperative    committee 
on  purchase  of  army 

supplies 32 

Corn,   statistics 71 

Corporation    finance 9 

Cost   of   living 33 

Bibliography 33 

See  also  Prices,   Food  ; 
Index  numbers. 


Cotton,   statistics 34 

Council  of  .Jewish  women__  72 
Council     of     National     De- 
fense   35 

Country   estates,    mobilize 

26,  no.  3 

Crops,    statistics 5,  36,  52,  71 

Dairying 58 

Danger    zones 37e 

Da  Prato,  Ugo,  dual  nation- 
ality   37  h,  f 

Declaration  of  London,  atti- 
tude of  belligerent  gov- 
ernments to 37  a,  f 

Defense  of  the  realm  acts 
and      regulations,      Great 

Britain    150 

Defense  of  the  realm  man- 
ual.   Great    Britain 150 

Democracy,  preservation   of-  49 

Dependent     families,     relief 

of - 124 

Diplomatic  correspondence-  37  a-e 
Diplomatic   mission   to   Rus- 
sia      8 

Documents,     Superintendent 

of 38 

Drying  surplus  crops 58 

Dumba.    Dr.    Constantin    T., 

recall  of 37c,/ 

Dyestuffs    39 

Economic    conditions 52 

Economic  conference  of  the 

allies 40 

Economic  experts,  census  of_  9 

"  Economic   review  "' 9 

Education 41,  126,  156 

p;ducation,    Bureau    of 41 

Educational  and  Civic  Co- 
operation,   r>ivision    of 23 

Educational    institutions 98 

EflSciencv  and  national  de- 
fense ■ 97 

Efflciencv  and  naval  de- 
fense    97,100 

Efficiency.  National  Insti- 
tute   of 97 

Eggs,   preserving 109 

Emergency  Fleet  Corpora- 
tion   --■ 42 

Emergency  legislation.  See 
War  legislation. 

Enemies,  love  of 49 

FJngineering  and  education-        126 
Engineering    regiments,    or- 

ganiz.ition    of 85 

Engineers,     military     books 

for 43,  88 

European  war,  American 
Red  Cross  in.  bibliog- 
raphy        123 

Bibliographies    12 

Diplomatic    documents-        37^ 

Diplomatic   history 37h 

Economic    aspects 7,  40 

Events    leading    up    to    the 

war    1 

Events  of  the  war 2 

Excess-profit  tax 15,  26, 

no.  16,  137,  152 

Exchange   rates 44,  51 

Exempted       trades.       Great 

Britain    122 


SUBJECT    INDEX. 


Ill 


Kxportation,    rcKulations 27 

Kxports,    statistics    ot 45,52 

External  communication,  Di- 
vision of 46 

Farm    labor 26. 

no.  1,  and  12,  47.  142 

Farm    loans 50 

Farm    manaKcmont,  Govern- 
ment   documents .38 

Farm  moi'tgages 50 

Farmers  and  speculators 

26.  no.  8.  r^^ 
Farmers'       l)nlletins.       Gov- 
ernment   documents 38 

Farmint; :iH,  58 

Farn,    ship,    internment    of_    .S9  l>,  / 
Federal        commission        on 

training  camp  activities.  48 

Federal       Council      of      the 
Churches     of     Christ     in 

America 49 

Federal  farm  loan  act 50 

Federal  Farm  Loan  Board  _  50 

Federal  Farm  Loan  Bureau-  50 

Federal  land  bank  cities 50 

Federal  land  bank  districts-  50 

Federal   reserve   banks 51,  52 

Federal  Reserve  Board 7,51,52 

Federal  Trade  Commission  -_  7 

Fertilizers--. 108 

Field    enu;ineering 43 

Finance  - 9,  52,  53 

Government  documents-  38 

Finances,    Great    Britain..-   54,  1.50 

War    loans 55 

Germ.'iny 56 

Great   Britain 54 

Russia 57 

Financial     position,     I'nited 

States 7 

F'irst-aid  textbook 12H 

Flax 01 

Flour,   statistics 71 

Food   control. 60 

France 60 

Germanv 60 

(ireat  Britain 60 

Italy 60 

New  York  State 58 

I'nited  States 58,60 

Food   distribution 33,  58 

Food  preparedness 26,  no.  6 

Food  prices,  (Jreat  Britain  -  61 

Food    production 9, 

26,  no.  11,  58,  59,  62.  SO,  8],  153 

Food  speculation 26.  no.  8.  133 

Food  supply 33,52,60 

Conservation    of 4, 

49.  58.  59,  156 

Bibliography 59 

Increasing 4, 

13.58,  80,81,  156 

Bibliography 59 

New   York   City' 58 

Statistics 5 

"  Food  tlirift  series  " 59 

Foods  and  cooking.  Govern- 
ment documents 38 

Foreign  correspondents  and 
foreign  language  publica- 
tions, division  of 63 

Foreign  information,  divi- 
sion of 64 


Foreign     language     publicii- 

tions 63 

Foreign    policy,    American.-  7 

I^'orelgn  press 63 

Foreign     relalionR,     Govern- 
ment  documentB 38 

Foreign         trade,         United 

States 7,  40,  45,  52,  53,  73 

Fortifications 43,  88 

France,  Children 2<( 

Contrab.-md 37  n,  / 

Food  control <50 

Reliiiilding   of  devasted 

area 6.1 

Relief   of 11.124 

War  legislation 145,148 

War   loans .">5 

Freight    ships,    standardlzii- 

lion 131 

French  war  orphans 11 

Fruit   crops 58 

Fuel    supply 24,33.116,120 

Gardens,  city 26,  no.  10 

Gardens,   country 26,  no.  3 

Oeirr,       ship,        internment 

of 37  b,  r 

General    Munitions    Hoard--  66 

Geological  Survey 67,106,108 

Geologists  and  the  wjir 67 

Geology  of  iron  and  steel  al- 
loy metals,  section  of <i7 

German     ships,     int<'rnmeiit 

of :'.7  h,  c.  ( 

Germans,  internment  of-  26,  no.  2.  5 

Geimany,  contraband 37  a,  f 

Cooperation 31 

Food   control 60 

War  legislation 145,  149 

AVar  loans 55.56 

Ghiloni,  Frank,  dual  nation- 
ality  37  r.  f 

Gloves  for  barbed  wire 91 

Gold  imports  and  exports.-         45, 

51,  52 

Gold  supi>lv.   United  States-     9.  6.S 

World 68 

Government   contracts 9 

Government  documents,  sale 

of 38 

Government  manufacture  of 
arms,  board  to  investi- 
gate   69 

Government.   I'nited   States. 

organization Intro..  70 

Governors  of  states,  cooper- 

.ilion   of 60.141 

Grain  crops,   statistics 71 

Grain  supply,  conserving 111 

Great   Britain.  Budget 15.  .54 

Children 19.  157 

Commerce 29 

Contraband 37  n,  r.  f 

Cooperation 31 

Debt 54 

Finances 54,  150 

Food  control 60 

Land  cultivation 80 

Mobilization     of    indus- 
tries   91 

Munition    workers 78,  157 

Prize  cases 110 


112 


SUBJECT  INDEX. 


Great   Britain — Continued. 

I'roliibition 111 

Knilroads 118 

Taxation 15,  137 

War   legislation 145,  150 

War-loan    campaign 155 

War  loans 54 

Waste  prevention 155 

Women  in  the  war 157 

Great  Britain.  Colonies.  War 

legislation 150 

Health,  Conservation 143,156 

Disease,     etc.,     Govern- 
ment documents 38 

In.spection 81 

Hearings,       United       States 

Congress 35,  58,  111,  154 

Hebrews,  American,  and  the 

war 72 

High-school  boys 26,  no.  12 

Historical  service,  National 

board 96 

Historical  workers,  coopera- 
tion   96 

Home  dietetics 123 

"  Home   economics    letter  "_  41 

Hotels 16 

Housing  and   tents 91 

Hydroaeroplanes 37  b./ 

Hygiene 123 

Military 88 

.See  also  I'ublic  health. 

Hlustrations .  105 

Immigration,        Government 

documents 38 

Importation,  regulations 27 

Imports,   statistics 73 

Income    tax 74,  137 

Indebtedness     of     European 

countries 55 

See  also  War  loans. 

"  Independent  " 97 

Index   number 36,  61,  75 

Industrial  efficiency 16 

Industrial    opportunity, 

American 7 

Industrial  preparedness, 

committee    on 100 

Industrial    standards 49 

Industrial  supremacy,  Amer- 
ican   7 

Industries.  Inventory  of 100 

Mobilization   of 91,92 

Insurance,   war  risk 154 

Insurance  rates,  life 82 

Interdepartmental     advisory 

committee 76 

Internal   revenue 53 

International  commercial 

policies 40 

International    court 7 

International      Institute     of 

Agriculture 5 

International   law 112 

"  International    militarv    di- 
gest " .' 12,  83 

Internment    of    German 

ships S7  h,c,f 

Internment  of  Germans 26, 

no.  2,  5 
Interstate    Commerce    Com- 
mission   7 


Inventions,  naval  warfare 100 

Inventory  of  industries 100 

Investments 7,  53 

Iron  and  steel 16 

Iron  ore  transportation 116 

Italy,  Food  control 60 

War   legislation 145,151 

Jews,     American,     and     the 

war 72 

Jobber  and  food  problem 58 

Joint  labor  committee  of 
the  Departments  of  Agri- 
culture  and    Labor 47 

Joseph  W.   Fordney,  ship 37  c,  f 

Khaki 91 

Kronprinz  Wilhelm,  intern- 
ment of 37  6,/ 

Labor 9,78,91 

Committee  on 79 

Department   of 19, 

47,  60,  142,  157 
Government  documents-  38 

Legislation 9,  78 

Land    banks 50 

Land     cultivation.    Great 

Britain 80 

Latin  America 53 

Latin  America,  trade  rela- 
tions, United  States 7 

Laws,    United    States 38 

Military 86 

War  risk  insurance 154 

Leelanaw,  ship 37,  c,  f 

Legislation,  Agricultural 5 

Emergency.      See     War 
legislation. 

Labor 9,78 

War    risk   insurance 154 

Liberty  bond  act 52 

Liberty   bond  issue 13,  51 

Liberty  bond  issue 13,  51, 141 

Life  extension  institute 81 

Life  insurance  rates 82 

Live  stock,  statistics 36 

Loans.     See  War  loans. 
Locksun,    ship,    internment 

of 37  b,f 

Lumber 91 

Mail,      American      d  i  p  1  o  - 

matic,     etc 37  6,0,/ 

Manual  of  emergency  legis- 
lation. Great  Britain 150 

Manufactures,     Government 

documents 38 

"Market    letter" 53 

Meals,  planning  of 59 

Medical   section 83 

Medicine  and  surgery,  com- 
mittee   on 84 

Merchant   marine 7,  128,  130 

Merchant  shipping.  Govern- 
ment aid 128 

Merchant  vessels,  list  of 129 

Mexican  border,  guarding 46 

Mexican  situation 7 

Militarism 49, 112 

Military  drill 85 

Military  engineering 88 

Committee      of,      New 

York 85 

Military    history 43,88 

Military   hygiene 88 


SUBJECT  INDEX. 


113 


Military  laws,  United  States  86 

Milllary    literature 12,43,88 

Military  policy 43 

Military   railroads 87 

iS'fc    aluo    Railroads. 
Military    science,    blbliOKra- 

phy 12,43,88 

Military    service,    universal-  26. 
no.  13,  89 

Military  topojirapliy 88 

Military  training,  univer- 
sal   89 

Militia 90 

Hibliograpliy 90 

Government  documents.  38 

Mines  in  high  seas 37c 

Mobilization    of     industries, 

Great  Britain 91 

United      States      board 

on_-i 92 

Money   market 52 

Monroe  doctrine 7 

"  Montlily  Catalogue  of 
United  States  Docu- 
ments " 38 

"  Monthlv  Cro|)  Ueport  " 36 

"Monthly    List    of    Mllitarv 

Information  " 12,  88 

"  Monthly  News  Letter  " 81 

"  Monthly  Review  of  the 
United    States    Bureau    of 

Labor   Statistics  " 60 

"  Moody's  Investors  Serv- 
ice" 53 

Motion    pictures 105,  143 

Munition      workers.      Great 

Britain 78,  157 

Munitions,  Committee  on  __  93 
(Jovernment       manufac- 
ture   69 

Munitions  of  war,  sale  of__  37  b,  f 

Statistics  of  export 94 

Munitions  standard  board 95 

National      academy      of 

.sciences 98 

National  board  for  historical 

service 96 

National  foreign  trade  coun- 
cil    40 

National  institute  of  effi- 
ciency   97 

National    institute   of  social 

■sciences 111 

National  Jewish  board  for 
welfare      work      in      the 

United  States  Army 72 

National  league  for  wo- 
men's service 3,  72 

National   research   council 98 

National  service  reserve 99 

National  vitality 49 

"  Nation's   Business  " 16 

Natural  resources,  conserva- 
tion   9 

Naval  auxiliary ^ 130 

Naval    Consulting  Board__  35,  100 

Naval    reserve 130 

Navy   Department 101 

Navy,  Government  docu- 
ments   38 

Inventions  for 100 


Neutrality,   American 7. 

37  b,  f,  a,  102 
Board 102 

Proclamations 1,2,37  6,^ 

Violations   of 37  b'f 

New  York  city,  food  supply.  58 
New    York    state,    food    con- 
trol   58 

Oats,    statistics 71 

Odi'Hwald,  ship 37  b.  f 

Othcers'   resei've  corps 103 

Official  bullelln.  division  of_        104 

"Official    bulletin" 104 

Orders      in      council,      Great 

Britain 150 

Ordnance 88 

Organizations,  auxiliary  and 

volunteer,   list  of 3 

Organizations,    correlating  _  99 

I'aciflc,     policy     of     United 

States   in 7 

Panama  canal,  neutrality 37  6,/ 

I'assports 37  b/f 

Peace 7,  52 

I'eace   literature 12 

People's  relief  committee  for 

Jewish  war  sufferers 72 

I'hotographs,  news 105 

Pictures,   division   of 105 

Piepenbrink,   August,    deten- 
tion of 37  6./ 

Platinum 106 

Post  Office  Department 107 

Posters 105 

Potash 108 

Poultry    raising 58,  109 

Preparedness 7,  100 

Preserving  surplus  crops 58 

President's     address     to 

-American    people 62 

Press 26,  no.  4,  112, 144 

Price   regulation  __   9,  26.  no.  11,  52 
Prices,  food.  Great  Britain.  61,  75 
See  also  Index  numbers. 

Prices,    silver 132 

Print    Eitel    Friedrich,    in- 
ternment of 37  6,/ 

Priority  board 35,  70 

Prize  cases.  Great  Britain 110 

Proclamations,         President 

Wilson's 1,2,  37  6,  f 

Produce     broker     and     food 

problem 58 

"  Professional  associations  "         31 

Profits 52 

Prohibition  in  war 111 

Prussianism 112 

Public  health  conserving 38, 

81,  143,  156 
Public  information,  commit- 
tee on 112 

Publicity,  division  of 113 

Purchase  of  supplies 32,  136 

Radio    telegraphy 114 

Railroad  commission  to  the 

Russian  government 115 

Railroads  in  war 16, 

52,53,  116.  120 

Canada 117 

Great   Britain 118 

Russian 115 


114 


SUBJECT   INDEX, 


Railroads  in  war — Continued. 

Bibliography 116,  120 

Car   shortage 119,  120 

Food    problem 58 

Railroads   war   board 116 

Kaw    material 91 

Kaw     materials,     committee 

on 121 

Razors 91 

Recruiting,   exemptions 122 

Red     I'ross,     American     na- 
tional _    13,  49.  123,  124,  153,  156 
Red      Cross,      American     in 
European    war,    bibliogra- 
phy          123 

Red   Cross   building,   dedica- 
tion        123 

Red  Cross  fund-raising  cam- 
paign        124 

"  Red  Cross  magazine  " 123 

Red   Cross   text-books 123 

Red  Cross  war  council 124 

Red      Star      Animal      relief, 

American 10 

"  Red  Star  News  bulletin  "_  10 

Registration    of   women 156 

Relief 49,123,156 

iiee  also  Belgian  relief. 

Relief   organizations 3 

Research 7,98,126 

Resources,  United  States 7 

Restraints    on    commerce 37 

a,  b,  c,  f,  g 
Retailer  and   food   problem_  58 

Rice,   statistics 71 

Roads,     Government     docu- 
ments   38 

Rockefeller  foundation.  War 

relief 153 

Russia,    American    Commis- 
sion to 8 

Contraband 37  a,/ 

Railroad       commission. 

United  States 115 

War   loans 55,  57 

Rye,   statistics 71 

Sandbags 91 

Schools  and   the  war__  41,  98,  143 
Science    and    research,    com- 
mittee  on 12(; 

Security   markets 53 

Seed    selection 58 

SegurariQa,  ^ship,    detention 

by   Great   Britain 37  6,/ 

Service,    directory    of 26,  no.  9 

Session  laws.  United  States.  38 

Ship   yards,   bovs  in 142 

Shipping 16,  129 

Committee    on 127 

Government    aid 128 

Shipping       Board,       United 

States 42,  1.30 

Ships,    standardization 131 

Shoes 91 

Siberian    railroad 115 

Sick,   home  care  of 123 

Signaling    88 

Silver  _J 45,  132 

Slip  laws.  United  States 38 

Socks 91 

Speculation 26.  no.  8,  133 


■■  Standard  Financial  Digest 

Service" 53 

State,    Department    of-_-  8,  37,  64 

Statistics,     Agriculture 5, 

36,  52,  71 

Commerce,  foreign 45,  73 

Cotton 34 

Exports 45 

Food    supply 5 

Gold 8,45,51,52.68 

(irain    crops 71 

Imports 73 

Live    stock 36 

Munitions,    exports 94 

Silver 132 

"  Statutory     rules     and     or- 
ders."   Great    Britain 150 

Steel    16 

Stock    raising 58 

Submarine  warfare S7  r,  d,f,  g 

Submarines 134 

Subsidies 128 

Subventions    128 

Sugar 16 

Supplies,    Committee    on 135 

Purchase  of 32,  136 

Surveys 143 

Sussex,   ship 37  0,/ 

Tactics    88 

Taxation,    Income 74,  137 

War___  9,  26,  no.  7,  16,  52, 137 
Telegrams,    censorship    of__   37  b,/ 

Tent* 91 

Thrift   in    war  time.-   59,  155,  156 
Tin  plate,  conservation  of_-        138 
Trade        relations.        United 
States    and    Latin    Amer- 
ica      7 

Trades,      Exempted,      Great 

Britain 122 

List  of.  for  women 157 

Training     camp      activities. 

Federal    commission   on__        139 
Training  camps,   moral  con- 
ditions   139,143 

Translation 143 

Transportation,  Government 

documents 38 

Transportation   and  commu- 
nication,  committee  on  —        140 
Transportation  and  supply.  88 

Treasury  Department 141,  154 

Turkey,   contraband 37  a,/ 

I'nemplovment,       women. 

Great  Britain 157 

United    States    Employment 

service 47 

Food   control 60 

International     relations 

of 7 

Loans  made  by 55 

Securities 26.  no.  7,  52, 137 

United    States    Boys'   Work- 
ing Reserve 142 

Universal  military  service--         26, 

no.  13,  89 

Universal  military  training-  89 

Universities  and  the  war 41, 

98,  143 
University   extension 143 


SUBJECT   INDEJlS^' 


Vacation      sprvlce      on      the 

farms 26,  no.  1,  12,  47,  142 

Ventilation 81 

Vessels,  American,  insurance 

of l-''4 

Koreisn  trade 4~) 

Veterinary  corps,  volunteer.  10 

Vise,   division   of 144 

Volunteer  orjjanizations :? 

Von  I'apen,  Capt.  I-'ranz,  re- 
call of :{"  '•,  / 

War,  efficient  conduct  of 4'.i,'.)7 

War  emergency  service 14.H 

War  finance 'K 

•2i>,  no.  7,  16,  51,  52,  55,  137 
War   legislation,   foreign 

countries 145 

Austria 145 

Belgium 14(5 

Canada 147 

France 145,  14S 

Germanv 145,  140 

Great  Britain 145,  150 

Colonies 150 

Italy 145,151 

War-loan     campaign,     (ireat 

Britain 155 

T'nited  States i:{,  51.141 

War  lo.ins-  9,  26,  no.  7,  16,  52,  55 

France 55 

(iermany 55,  56 

(Jreat  Britain 54 

Kussia 55,57 

War   message 112 

Wai-  orphans,  relief 11 

War  prices,  control  of 9 

War  profits 152 

War  relief  commission 15.*? 

War   relief,   .Jewish 72 

War-risk     insurance,      bibli- 
ography        154 

War-risk    Insurance,    bureau 

of 154 

War  taxation 9,26, 

no.  7,  16,  52,  1.37 


War  work,  dire,        L   007    314    802    5 

Waste  prevention 
Great  Britain 

Waste,  utilization  ot 

Waterways 

Wealth,    conscripting  _ 

••  Weekly    news    letter."     1 1' 
partmeiit  of  Agricultme 

Welfare  of  soldiers  and  sail- 
ors   49,  72,  139,   14:;.   1.'. 

Wheat,  statistics 71 

Substitutes 26,   no.    15 

Wholesaler  and  food  prob- 
lem    5« 

Wico,     ship,     detention     by 

(Jreat  Britain 37  h,  f 

W'ilhehiihta,  ship 37  a,  f 

Milliain  I'.  I'vjir,  ship 37  a,  c,  f 

Wireless  telegraphy 114 

Woman  organizations 156 

Woman's  conimitiee  of  the 
Council  of  National  iJe- 
fense 156 

Women,    coordinating    work 

of -,--        156 

Women  in  agriculture.  Great 

Britain 157 

Women    in    the    war.    Great 

Britain 157 

T'nited  States 156 

Women    workers,   protection 

of 78.156 

Women's     proclamation     so- 

cietv 72 

Wool 16.  91 

World  peace 7 

World   politics,  American  _-  7 

Writers,  duties  of 112 

Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation  49.  1.5.3 

Young  Men's  Hebrew  Asso- 
ciation          72 

Young  Women's  Hebrew  As- 
sociation   72 


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114 


Railroads  in  war- 
Bibliography 
Car   shortp 
Food   pr' 

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